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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 3, Part 3, Beliayev asserts that he is not in love with whom?
(a) Anna.
(b) Liza.
(c) Vera.
(d) Katya.

2. Whom does Islayev describe as "an absolutely splendid man"?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Bolshintsov.
(d) Beliayev.

3. Who is the last character in the play to decide to leave the household?
(a) Liza.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Vera.

4. Who kneels in front of Vera in Act 5, Part 2?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Anna.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Rakitin.

5. Who wants to see Beliayev in Act 4, Part 2?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Vera.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Shpigelski.

6. How much money does Beliayev have?
(a) 20 kopecks.
(b) 10,000 kopecks.
(c) None.
(d) 20,000 kopecks.

7. Whom does Matvey announce in Act 5, Part 1?
(a) The foreman.
(b) The librarian.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The mayor.

8. Natalya states that what is sometimes "worse than rudeness"?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Manners.
(c) Friendliness.
(d) Tolerance.

9. According to Natalya, "in the eyes of the world" Vera is what?
(a) An orphan.
(b) An illegitimate child.
(c) A debutante.
(d) A spinster.

10. With which character does Natalya have no romantic connection whatsoever?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Schaaf.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Rakitin.

11. Which character speaks the line, "How odd that those who love you always want to finger your wounds"?
(a) Schaaf.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Anna.
(d) Matvey.

12. Which character has a flower pinned to his suit in Act 5, Part 1?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Matvey.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Beliayev.

13. What weather is occurring in Act 4, Part 1?
(a) Hail.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) A storm.
(d) A snowstorm.

14. Natalya insists in Act 3, Part 3, that Rakitin say nothing about her to whom?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Anna.

15. Whom does Islayev summon in his first line in Act 5?
(a) Matvey.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Rakitin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character sends Beliayev in to Natalya for dismissal?

2. What does Natalya order Vera to do in Act 3, Part 2?

3. What are the last words that Natalya says to Beliayev in Act 3, Part 3?

4. Whom does Shpigelski describe as "a little cooing dove"?

5. In addition to Islayev, which other character had seen Natalya crying to Rakitin?

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