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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arkadina say it is a crime for Nina to do?
(a) Marry a no good writer like her son.
(b) Hide herself in the countryside.
(c) Marry young.
(d) Act in such an awful play.

2. What does Nina say she always thought famous writers always despised?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Women.
(c) The government.
(d) The common crowd.

3. What does Treplieff say frightens his mother to death?
(a) The theater.
(b) The cinema.
(c) The magazines.
(d) The newspapers.

4. Why does Paulina say Dorn cannot escape from women?
(a) He is too sensitive.
(b) He is too handsome.
(c) He is funny.
(d) He is a doctor.

5. Why is Treplieff's play so hard to act in?
(a) It is cliched.
(b) It has no living characters.
(c) The dialogue is hard to speak.
(d) It has to be performed in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sorin say it is pleasanter to live?

2. Who does Treplieff not want to be late?

3. What does Sorin want Masha's father to leave unchained?

4. What animal does Trigorin say he races and dodges like?

5. Who does Nina say writes beautiful stories?

(see the answer key)

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