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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Natalya suddenly remember at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Anna.
(b) Liza.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Kolya.

2. What does Natalya primarily want for Kolya?
(a) Strong ethics.
(b) Love.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Freedom.

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

4. Whom does Natalya call "that village Talleyrand"?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Bolshintsov.
(d) Islayev.

5. To whom does Shpigelski prescribe "little white pills"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Natalya.

6. What do Natalya's relatives call her?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Natalyochka.
(c) Natalya Petrochka.
(d) Natalyuska.

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

8. What does Vera suggest that Beliayev call her?
(a) Vera Natalyova.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Verushka.
(d) Verochka.

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

10. Who is searching for a tutor in Moscow for Kolya?
(a) Liza.
(b) The czar.
(c) The princess.
(d) Schaaf.

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

12. Whom had Rakitin been visiting before coming to Natalya's house?
(a) The Verenitsins.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) Shpigelski.
(d) The Krinitsins.

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

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

15. What did Beliayev pursue by climbing a tree?
(a) A kite.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A bird.
(d) A fly baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Beliayev want to buy gunpowder?

2. What is Shpigelski going to receive in return for matchmaking?

3. Whom does Natalya accuse of being "mysterious"?

4. Who is Schaaf's partner in the card game?

5. According to Rakitin in Act 1, Part 1, where did he see Islayev earlier in the day?

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