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

2. Who is going to teach Kolya to swim?
(a) Bolshintsov.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Beliayev.

3. Who teaches Kolya's piano lesson?
(a) Liza.
(b) Schaaf.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Beliayev.

4. According to Rakitin, which character is "simply an idiot"?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Vera.
(d) Bolshintsov.

5. To whom does Shpigelski prescribe "little white pills"?
(a) Rakitin.
(b) Islayev.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Kolya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sings a song in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What was Dufour's country of origin?

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

4. Where does Vera go to school in Moscow?

5. What does Natalya primarily want for Kolya?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Shpigelski state that he believes Natalya's level of bile is bothering her?

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

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

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

7. Describe Natalya's thoughts on youth and old age, as presented in Act 2, Part 2.

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

9. Why does Natalya suddenly seem to consider Shpigelski's matchmaking possibility at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

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

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