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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medviedenko say the theater is as naked and hideous as?
(a) An animal.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) An actress.
(d) A newborn baby.

2. What does Arkadina think that her son could join?
(a) The scouts.
(b) The magic circle.
(c) The army.
(d) The writer's circle.

3. What does Trigorin tell Jacob to give away?
(a) His car.
(b) His wine.
(c) His cigarettes.
(d) His books.

4. Where did Sorin wish to live?
(a) In a foreign country.
(b) In the country.
(c) In the city.
(d) In the town.

5. What does Trigorin say he has forgotten?
(a) His cane.
(b) His fishing rod.
(c) His book.
(d) His manuscripts.

6. Who does Paulina ask Constantine to be nicer to?
(a) Nina.
(b) Trigorin.
(c) Sorin.
(d) Masha.

7. Where is Nina staying at the moment?
(a) Trigorin's house.
(b) An inn in the village.
(c) A tent in the village.
(d) A hotel in St. Petersburg.

8. What does Trigorin say Treplieff is as great a mystery as?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Batman.
(c) The Man in the Iron Mask.
(d) The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

9. What game do the characters play?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Ludo.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Lotto.

10. What does Arkadina say has intoxicated Trigorin?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) His emotions.
(d) Women.

11. Where has Arkadina gone?
(a) The train station.
(b) Moscow.
(c) The coffee house.
(d) The shop.

12. Who does Arkadina say is late?
(a) The nurse.
(b) Nina.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Trigorin.

13. What positive thing does Masha say about the school teacher?
(a) He is a good man.
(b) He has money.
(c) He is good looking.
(d) He is funny.

14. Who says fiddlesticks?
(a) Dorn.
(b) Trigorin.
(c) Masha.
(d) Arkadina.

15. What has Sorin's old sitting room been converted into?
(a) A games room.
(b) A writing room.
(c) A dining room.
(d) A kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could Sorin never become an orator?

2. What does Trigorin say brings happiness on earth?

3. What city does Nina say she is going to?

4. Why does Arkadina think that Constantine shot himself?

5. What is the name of Masha's child's nanny?

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