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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far is it from Bolshintsov's village to Natalya's house?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 400 yards.
(d) 15 miles.

3. According to Natalya, what is one of nature's primary characteristics?
(a) Unpredictability.
(b) A threatening demeanor.
(c) Health.
(d) Fecundity.

4. According to Schaaf, what is the "thief of time"?
(a) Work.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Homework.
(d) Procrastination.

5. In Act 3, Part 1, Natalya confesses that she is infatuated with which character?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Matvey.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Islayev.

6. In Act 2, Part 1, who reports having burst into tears unexpectedly?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Vera.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Rakitin.

7. How many serfs does Bolshintsov have?
(a) 400.
(b) 210.
(c) 220.
(d) 320.

8. What type of weather does Rakitin mention in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) A thunderstorm.

9. According to Rakitin, which character has recently been "constantly irritated"?
(a) Beliayev.
(b) Vera.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Islayev.

10. According to Rakitin, which character is "simply an idiot"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Vera.
(d) Bolshintsov.

11. What did Natalya's father call her?
(a) "His Antigone."
(b) "Russia's Aphrodite."
(c) "Florence Nightingale."
(d) "The daughter of Athena."

12. What is the name of Kolya's horse?
(a) Dulcinea.
(b) Favorite.
(c) Speckle.
(d) Rider.

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

14. Whom does Rakitin call "our unspoiled youth" in his soliloquy in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Matvey.
(c) Vera.
(d) Beliayev.

15. How did Beliayev translate "quatre-vingt-dix"?
(a) Eighty-six.
(b) Nasturtiums.
(c) "To be or not to be."
(d) "Four-twenty-two."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Vera?

2. Who teaches Kolya's piano lesson?

3. Who is searching for a tutor in Moscow for Kolya?

4. Whose illness did Shpigelski intend to treat in Act 1, Part 3?

5. Who says that talking to Rakitin is like "making lace"?

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