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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who initially brings up the possibility of Vera getting married?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Katya.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Shpigelski.

2. Where did Beliayev live before coming to Natalya's house?
(a) Moscow.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Paris.

3. In Act 1, Part 1, Rakitin states that Natalya is like what kind of animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bear.
(d) A mouse.

4. In Act 3, Part 1, whose help does Shpigelski solicit in matching Bolshintsov and Vera?
(a) Katya's.
(b) Matvey's.
(c) Rakitin's.
(d) Islayev's.

5. Which person is not waiting for Natalya in the dining room at the end of Act 1?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rakitin.

6. What time is dinnertime in Natalya's household?
(a) 6:40.
(b) 9:00.
(c) 4:20.
(d) 7:00.

7. Who wants Katya to marry him?
(a) Beliayev.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Matvey.

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

9. Which female character takes snuff?
(a) Anna.
(b) Vera.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Liza.

10. How old is Beliayev?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-one.

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

12. According to Shpigelski, what is the "main thing in marriage"?
(a) "A solid character."
(b) Fidelity.
(c) Temperance.
(d) "Polite tolerance."

13. How long have Rakitin and Natalya known each other?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

14. About whom does Shpigelski tell a story in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Verenitsin.
(b) Gorbachev.
(c) Karamazov.
(d) Krinitsin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Kolya request some glue?

2. How old is Vera?

3. What does Natalya primarily want for Kolya?

4. Whom does Rakitin call "our unspoiled youth" in his soliloquy in Act 2, Part 2?

5. According to Schaaf, what is the "thief of time"?

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