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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Masha not return to Medviedenko?
(a) His hate.
(b) His keys.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His affection.

2. What does Treplieff say he would be if his mother was an ordinary woman?
(a) A serious man.
(b) A happier man.
(c) A lucky man.
(d) A rounded man.

3. Why is Nina late?
(a) She was ill.
(b) She had to stay back at school.
(c) She has hurt her foot,
(d) She had to beg her father to let her come.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Treplieff wish his mother was?
(a) An ordinary woman.
(b) A lucky woman.
(c) A fun loving woman.
(d) A serious woman.

9. What does Treplieff say a woman can never forgive?
(a) Adultery
(b) Failure
(c) A lie
(d) Stupidity

10. Who does Trigorin say he does not like?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Arkadina.
(c) Himself.
(d) Dorn.

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

12. What Shakespeare play does Arkandina quote from?
(a) Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) The Merchant of Venice.

13. What does Arkadina say it is Nina's duty to do?
(a) Go on stage.
(b) Marry her son.
(c) Start a family.
(d) Direct a play.

14. Where does Arkadina say she would be rather sitting alone?
(a) Her study.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A library.
(d) Her bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is 55-years-old?

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

3. What is Treplieff carrying along with the seagull?

4. Who does Arkadina say she is uneasy about?

5. Who calls Boris from the house?

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