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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Treplieff threaten to do?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Marry Masha.
(c) Run away.
(d) Burn his manuscripts.

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

3. What does Arkadina say she smells?
(a) Gas.
(b) Petrol.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Sulphur.

4. Who does Nina say writes beautiful stories?
(a) Simon.
(b) Peter.
(c) Sorin.
(d) Trigorin.

5. What does Arkadina want her son to spare her?
(a) His hate.
(b) His nonsense.
(c) His pretentiousness.
(d) His love.

6. What does Sorin drink with his dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

7. What does Sorin want Masha's father to leave unchained?
(a) The cat.
(b) The duck.
(c) The bull.
(d) The dog.

8. What city does Aradina want to travel to?
(a) Odessa.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Perm.

9. Who does Trepleff say watches Nina closely?
(a) Her cousins.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her father and sister.
(d) Her mother and stepfather.

10. What is Sorin having an attack of?
(a) Measles.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Jaundice.

11. Who does Treplieff not want to be late?
(a) Nina.
(b) Simon.
(c) Masha.
(d) Peter.

12. Which of the following animals does Nina not mention in her monologue?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Lions.
(c) Geese.
(d) Stags.

13. What kind of life does Treplieff think his mother leads?
(a) A fun life.
(b) A stupid life.
(c) A serious life.
(d) An ugly life.

14. Who does Sorin say has never liked him?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Masha describe the air?

2. Why does Paulina say Dorn cannot escape from women?

3. Which two Russian writers does Trigorin mention?

4. What does Trigorin say he is left behind like?

5. What is the title of the book Arkadina is reading?

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