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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vera realizes in Act 4, Part 2, that which character was "jealous" of her?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Katya.
(d) Rakitin.

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

3. Who finds Beliayev and Natalya talking in Act 4, Part 3?
(a) Anna.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Katya.

4. Which character picked Vera a flower?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Matvey.
(d) Beliayev.

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

6. In addition to Islayev, which other character had seen Natalya crying to Rakitin?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) Schaaf.
(d) Kolya.

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

8. In Shpigelski's opinion, which character "play[s] the coquette a little"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Vera.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Liza.

9. For what is Kolya waiting in Act 5, Part 2?
(a) His Russian lesson.
(b) Free time.
(c) His piano lesson.
(d) Dinner.

10. In Act 3, Part 2, Natalya pretends to be what relation to Vera?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her aunt.

11. What is Beliayev wearing in Act 4, Part 3?
(a) A suit.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Pajamas.
(d) Gardening clothes.

12. About which plant does Katya make a comment to herself in Act 4, Part 2?
(a) The grass.
(b) The oak trees.
(c) The tomato plants.
(d) The parsley.

13. What caused Natalya and Beliayev not to be friends previously?
(a) Their difference in socioeconomic class.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Beliayev's childish behavior.
(d) Natalya's aloofness.

14. In Act 5, Part 1, who communicates by sighing?
(a) Matvey.
(b) Anna.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Islayev.

15. At the end of Act 3, Part 2, Natalya states that she will "never survive this" without whom?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Vera.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Kolya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Beliayev have?

3. How old is Bolshintsov?

4. In Act 4, Part 2, what does Beliayev give Katya?

5. Natalya expects that Beliayev would feel which emotion if he remained in her house, after knowing that she loves him?

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