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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vera respond to finding out who wants to marry her?
(a) She gasps.
(b) She cries.
(c) She screams.
(d) She laughs.

2. Which character exits at the end of Act 4, Part 2?
(a) Beliayev.
(b) Vera.
(c) Katya.
(d) Natalya.

3. As Beliayev and Natalya discuss in Act 4, Part 3, when does Beliayev plan to leave?
(a) Never.
(b) In a month.
(c) Next week.
(d) Tomorrow.

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

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

6. Who received a note from Natalya written in pencil?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Katya.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Vera.

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

8. Who is described in Act 3, Part 3, as "an honest man"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Shpigelski.

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

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. Which character states that she is "despicable in [her] own eyes too"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Anna.
(c) Katya.
(d) Natalya.

12. Whom does Shpigelski describe as "a little cooing dove"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Bolshintsov.
(c) Katya.
(d) Kolya.

13. Who describes himself as a "ladykiller"?
(a) Schaaf.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Shpigelski.
(d) Rakitin.

14. Who asks Beliayev's forgiveness in Act 4, Part 2?
(a) Vera.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Anna.
(d) Natalya.

15. How old is Bolshintsov?
(a) 55.
(b) 58.
(c) 52.
(d) Less than 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Beliayev write a note of farewell?

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

3. Vera accuses which character of being "cunning"?

4. Which character almost leaves to find and comfort Natalya in Act 3, Part 3?

5. Who first suggests that Beliayev leave?

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