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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what does Beliayev want to buy gunpowder?
(a) His cannon.
(b) His rifle.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Getting rid of ants.

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

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

5. What is one of Shpigelski's vices?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Snuff.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Gambling.

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

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

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

9. What is Shpigelski going to receive in return for matchmaking?
(a) Money.
(b) Horses.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cows.

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

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

12. In Act 2, Part 3, which character is jealous of Natalya's affections?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Beliayev.

13. Whom does Natalya call "a great cynic"?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Anna.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Vera.

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

15. Which character states that "it's wrong to put one's life in chains"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Vera.
(d) Rakitin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beliayev pursue by climbing a tree?

2. In Act 2, Part 1, who reports having burst into tears unexpectedly?

3. In Act 1, Part 1, Rakitin states that Natalya is like what kind of animal?

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

5. Which name below is the name of one of the suitors in Shpigelski's story in Act 1, Part 2?

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