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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Schaaf carrying in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) A cello.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) A Greek lexicon.
(d) A crossbow.

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

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

5. What is the name of the carpenter who is working on Islayev's project?
(a) Belarus.
(b) Mikhail.
(c) Yermil.
(d) Yonquil.

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

7. Who is Schaaf's partner in the card game?
(a) Liza.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Anna.
(d) Katya.

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

9. With which character did Natalya want to talk in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Anna.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Bolshintsov.

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

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

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

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

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

15. According to Rakitin in Act 1, Part 1, where did he see Islayev earlier in the day?
(a) In the library.
(b) At the dam.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Downtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Natalya, what is one of nature's primary characteristics?

2. Who made Kolya a bow and arrows?

3. Whom does Natalya suddenly remember at the end of Act 3, Part 1?

4. According to Islayev, what object is "like a miniature tornado"?

5. Natalya believes that she and Rakitin are old in comparison to whom?

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