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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 two types of tree does Rakitin compare in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Hickory and willow.
(b) Oak and maple.
(c) Oak and birch.
(d) Apple and pear.

2. Natalya believes that she and Rakitin are old in comparison to whom?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Vera and Beliayev.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Katya and Matvey.

3. Who wins the game definitively in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Schaaf.
(b) Katya.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Anna.

4. Who is Schaaf's partner in the card game?
(a) Anna.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Katya.
(d) Liza.

5. How many sisters does Beliayev have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants Katya to marry him?

2. According to Natalya, what is one of nature's primary characteristics?

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

4. According to Shpigelski, what is bothering Natalya in addition to her nerves?

5. What does Vera suggest that Beliayev call her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Natalya insist in Act 3, Part 2, that Vera imagine her as a sister?

3. Why does Liza say at the end of Act 5 that she, too, will be leaving?

4. Describe Rakitin's plan for solving Natalya's predicament regarding Beliayev.

5. What does Rakitin think about in his soliloquy in Act 2, Part 2, and what conclusions does he reach?

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

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

8. Describe Natalya's confession to Beliayev in Act 4, Part 3.

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

10. Explain what Rakitin means by this line: "What does all this mean? Is it the beginning of the end, or the end itself? [...] Or is it the beginning, perhaps?"

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