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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Shpigelski, what is bothering Natalya in addition to her nerves?
(a) Flu.
(b) Sinusitis.
(c) The north wind.
(d) Bile.

3. According to Shpigelski, which character is "straight from the Golden Age of Innocence"?
(a) Matvey.
(b) Liza.
(c) Bolshintsov.
(d) Vera.

4. Which character claims to be a "practical sort of person"?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Vera.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Islayev.

5. Who plans to be Natalya's partner in "educating" Beliayev?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Liza.
(d) Islayev.

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

7. Who enters at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Katya.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Bolshintsov.

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

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

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

11. What does Beliayev intend to shoot in the garden?
(a) A bird.
(b) A woodchuck.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A squirrel.

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

13. Whom does Natalya accuse of being "mysterious"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Beliayev.

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

15. Whom does Natalya call "Mr. Detective"?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Schaaf.
(d) Rakitin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katya picking in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What did Natalya's father call her?

3. In Act 3, Part 1, whose help does Shpigelski solicit in matching Bolshintsov and Vera?

4. Who teaches Kolya's piano lesson?

5. What friend has been writing to Vera, hoping that she'll write back?

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