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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. What is one of Shpigelski's vices?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Snuff.
(d) Alcohol.

2. Whom does Rakitin call a "stupid, fat, lumbering man"?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Schaaf.
(c) The coachman.
(d) Bolshintsov.

3. How old is Vera?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. How many serfs does the girl in Shpigelski's story inherit from her aunt?
(a) None.
(b) 75.
(c) 300.
(d) 150.

5. Which female character takes snuff?
(a) Vera.
(b) Liza.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two types of tree does Rakitin compare in Act 2, Part 2?

2. What time is dinnertime in Natalya's household?

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

4. Which characters see Vera and Beliayev in the garden together in Act 2, Part 2?

5. What type of weather does Rakitin mention in Act 1, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Islayev surprised to find Natalya and Rakitin in the hallway in Act 4, Part 3?

2. Summarize the story that Shpigelski relates in Act 1, Part 2.

3. Why is Rakitin reading The Count of Monte Cristo aloud?

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

5. Why does Natalya insist to Shpigelski that Vera is still a child?

6. Why does Katya insist that Beliayev take all her raspberries?

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

8. What makes Rakitin so happy in Act 1, Part 2?

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

10. Describe Beliayev's opinion of writers.

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