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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Natalya like most about the character with whom she is infatuated?
(a) His gentle demeanor.
(b) His looks.
(c) His youth.
(d) His candor.

2. Whom does Rakitin call a "stupid, fat, lumbering man"?
(a) Schaaf.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) The coachman.
(d) Shpigelski.

3. What does Natalya order Vera to do in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Marry Beliayev.
(b) Sing.
(c) Marry Bolshintsov.
(d) Laugh.

4. Whom does Natalya call "Mr. Detective"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Schaaf.

5. How many serfs does the girl in Shpigelski's story inherit from her aunt?
(a) 150.
(b) 75.
(c) 300.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act 3, Part 2, Natalya states that she will "never survive this" without whom?

2. With which character does Natalya have no romantic connection whatsoever?

3. According to Shpigelski, "a doctor worth his salt is never" what?

4. Where does Vera go to school in Moscow?

5. To whom does Shpigelski prescribe "little white pills"?

(see the answer key)

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