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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name below is the name of one of the suitors in Shpigelski's story in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Perekuzov.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Karamazov.

2. How old is Vera?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Seventeen.

3. Who is going to teach Kolya to swim?
(a) Beliayev.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Islayev.

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

5. Which character sometimes says "bed and brutter" instead of "bread and butter"?
(a) Bolshintsov.
(b) Vera.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Kolya.

6. Rakitin states that he is "like wax in your hands" to whom?
(a) Katya.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Natalya.

7. Who says that talking to Rakitin is like "making lace"?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Katya.
(d) Liza.

8. How much money does the loser owe the winner of the game in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) 150 kopecks.
(b) 40 kopecks.
(c) 20 kopecks.
(d) 70 kopecks.

9. Who enters at the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Shpigelski.
(d) Islayev.

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

11. Who teaches Kolya's piano lesson?
(a) Liza.
(b) Schaaf.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Natalya.

12. What is Katya picking in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Limes.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Apples.

13. Which character says to Natalya, "Each of us is a closed book, that's true"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Katya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Islayev, who "lacks [...] love for his job"?

3. Where does Vera go to school in Moscow?

4. Which character claims to be a "practical sort of person"?

5. In Act 3, Part 1, Natalya confesses that she is infatuated with which character?

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