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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name below is the name of one of the suitors in Shpigelski's story in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Karamazov.
(d) Perekuzov.

2. In Act 3, Part 1, whose help does Shpigelski solicit in matching Bolshintsov and Vera?
(a) Matvey's.
(b) Katya's.
(c) Rakitin's.
(d) Islayev's.

3. Which character does Rakitin love?
(a) Anna.
(b) Katya.
(c) Vera.
(d) Natalya.

4. Which character does Shpigelski call grandmother?
(a) Anna.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Vera.

5. How did Beliayev translate "quatre-vingt-dix"?
(a) Eighty-six.
(b) "To be or not to be."
(c) "Four-twenty-two."
(d) Nasturtiums.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Beliayev lived in Natalya's household?

2. Who enters at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

3. Who is going to teach Kolya to swim?

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

5. Who initially brings up the possibility of Vera getting married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beliayev reject Vera's suggestion that he call her Verochka?

2. Why does Natalya believe that it's improper for Vera to be in the garden by herself with Beliayev?

3. What does Katya think about the possible marriage of Shpigelski and Liza?

4. Describe Beliayev, according to Natalya's report in Act 1, Part 1.

5. What caused Vera to realize that Natalya is in love with Beliayev? Explain.

6. In Act 3, Part 3, why does Rakitin beg Islayev and Anna to leave Natalya alone for the moment?

7. What conclusion does Rakitin draw in Act 4, Part 3, after he inquires about Natalya's decision and Natalya says, "What decision? ... I don't understand"?

8. Summarize Natalya's soliloquy at the end of Act 3, Part 3, regarding her immediately preceding conversation with Beliayev.

9. For what does Shpigelski ask Rakitin's help? Why?

10. According to Act 4, Part 3, what is Beliayev's reason for not having been personable with Natalya previously?

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