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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 want to listen to?
(a) The radio.
(b) The play.
(c) The singing.
(d) The television.

2. What does Akadina say she never likes to look into?
(a) The past.
(b) Someone's bedroom.
(c) A book.
(d) The future.

3. What does Trigorin say is all he is fit to describe?
(a) City life.
(b) Landscapes.
(c) People.
(d) Peasants.

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

5. Who does Sorin say is a tyrant?
(a) Arakadina.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Shamraeff.
(d) Tolstoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arkadina ask the doctor to compare her looks to?

2. What does Nina say it is strange seeing a famous author doing?

3. Why is Nina late?

4. Which character criticizes Treplieff's play?

5. Who does Trigorin say he does not like?

(see the answer key)

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