View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arkadina want Sahmraeff to order for her?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A book.
(d) A horse.

2. What will happen at 8.30 pm?
(a) Dinner will be served.
(b) The play will start.
(c) The guests will arrive.
(d) The play will finish.

3. Which two Russian writers does Trigorin mention?
(a) Chekov and Bulgakov.
(b) Gogol and Gorky.
(c) Pushkin and Dostoevsky.
(d) Turgenev and Tolstoy.

4. What does Treplieff say sometimes speaks in his heart?
(a) Egoism.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Love.
(d) Bill.

5. What does Nina say is wonderful?
(a) The world.
(b) The countryside.
(c) The city.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Shakespeare play does Arkandina quote from?

2. What does Boris say he loves doing?

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

4. What does Sorin say Arkadina should not handle so roughly?

5. What is Nina seated upon?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 161 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample