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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nina call a genius?
(a) Dorn.
(b) Sorin.
(c) Trigorin.
(d) Treplieff.

2. What is Treplieff carrying along with the seagull?
(a) A book.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A newspaper.

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

4. What does Trigorin say he is left behind like?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A crow.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A peasant.

5. What is Dorn's first name?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Eugene.
(d) Constance.

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

7. What does Trigorin say makes him happy?
(a) His mother phoning him.
(b) Critics praising him.
(c) Children singing.
(d) Finishing a novel.

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

9. What kind of people does Masha think are often happy?
(a) Married couples.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Children.
(d) Poor people.

10. What 1973 play does Shamraeff mention?
(a) Lover's Circus.
(b) The Lost Rubees.
(c) Poltava Fair.
(d) People, People.

11. Who does Arkadina say she is uneasy about?
(a) Boris.
(b) Nina.
(c) Constantine.
(d) Masha.

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

13. Who does Arkadina say she is not?
(a) Peter.
(b) Mary Magdelene.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Jove.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of life does Treplieff think his mother leads?

3. What have Nina's mother and stepfather gone out to do?

4. What can Masha not return to Medviedenko?

5. What does Treplieff use to tap the door?

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