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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a vendor of baked meat pies?

2. Who does Andrei say that he thinks Kvashnya will end up marrying?

3. Who dismisses Satine's story as superficial?

4. How is the fight broken up?

5. What season is it in the opening of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andrei do for a living and who does he think that Kvashnya will end up marrying?

2. Which character is currently being beaten and abused in Act 1, and by who?

3. What does Luka tell Anna about death?

4. What does Satine share a story about and how is it received by the others?

5. What does Luka do when Vassilisa demands that he leave?

6. How does the play end for the Actor?

7. What is Anna's health issue?

8. What is the setting for the third act?

9. What quote does Kleshtch give regarding Luka?

10. What do Kleshtch and Tartar say about Luka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the second act opens, all of the characters are partaking in different activities. Tell what each of the characters are doing at the beginning of the second act.

Essay Topic 2

Write about the conversation that is had about honor and conscience in the first act. Compare and contrast what each of the characters' stances on these two points are.

Essay Topic 3

Kvashnya says, "That not for a hundred baked lobsters would she marry again" in the first act. She then is married by the fourth act. Why do you think that is? What are the contributing factors to her changing her mind? How do you think Kleshtch was able to foreshadow her marriage to Miedviedieff?

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