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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. In Act 1, Part 1, Rakitin states that Natalya is like what kind of animal?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A bear.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

2. How much money does the loser owe the winner of the game in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) 40 kopecks.
(b) 70 kopecks.
(c) 20 kopecks.
(d) 150 kopecks.

3. What did Natalya's father call her?
(a) "Florence Nightingale."
(b) "Russia's Aphrodite."
(c) "His Antigone."
(d) "The daughter of Athena."

4. How long have Rakitin and Natalya known each other?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Seven years.

5. For what does Beliayev want to buy gunpowder?
(a) His rifle.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) His cannon.
(d) Getting rid of ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beliayev's favorite part of a newspaper?

2. With which character did Natalya want to talk in Act 2, Part 2?

3. In Act 2, Part 1, who reports having burst into tears unexpectedly?

4. According to Rakitin, which character is "simply an idiot"?

5. Who made Kolya a bow and arrows?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of Act 4, Part 1, and how the characters use it.

2. Describe what happens between Matvey and Katya at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1.

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

4. Why do Natalya and Rakitin resolve to "educate" Beliayev?

5. What is the plan that Rakitin and Beliayev have devised for leaving Natalya's household?

6. How does Rakitin depict love to Beliayev in Act 5, Part 1?

7. What is Vera's relationship to Natalya's household? How does Natalya characterize that relationship "in the eyes of the world" when she and Vera are talking in Act 3, Part 2?

8. According to his soliloquy in Act 4, Part 2, what does Beliayev think about the events that have transpired with Natalya and Vera?

9. Summarize Beliayev's response to Natalya's revelation that Vera is in love with him.

10. Why is Natalya astonished by the thought of her husband at the end of Act 3, Part 1?

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