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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why could Sorin never become an orator?
(a) He gets too nervous.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He has asthma.
(d) He speaks badly.

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

3. What does Arkadina say Trepliff could not write?
(a) A list.
(b) Music hall farce.
(c) A Hollywood film.
(d) A one act.

4. Which of Boris' books does Nina mention?
(a) Morning and evenings.
(b) Days and Nights.
(c) Women and men.
(d) Pubs and clubs.

5. What does Jacob ask Trigorin if he should pack?
(a) His winter clothes.
(b) His boots.
(c) His guns.
(d) His fishing rods.

6. What does Treplieff ask his mother to change for him?
(a) His pants.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His socks.
(d) His bandage.

7. What dose Arkadina say is the last chapter of her life?
(a) Her move to Hollywood.
(b) Her love for Boris.
(c) Her need for another child.
(d) Her love for her son.

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

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

10. What does Nina always sign her letters with?
(a) The Squaw.
(b) The Seagull.
(c) The Crow.
(d) The Croc.

11. What does Treplieff call the plays Arkadina stars in?
(a) Ditch water.
(b) Lyrical.
(c) Blasphemous.
(d) Clear as mud.

12. What city does Nina say she is going to?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Perm.

13. Where does Nina want to travel to?
(a) Eltz.
(b) Paris.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Perm.

14. Which of the following did the students not send Arkadina?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A wreath.
(d) A booch.

15. Who knocks on the window of Treplieff's room?
(a) Trigorin.
(b) Paulina.
(c) Masha.
(d) Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arkadina say is late?

2. What does Dorn say Sorin has turned his living room into?

3. Who says fiddlesticks?

4. Who does Paulina ask Constantine to be nicer to?

5. Who are Treplief and Paulina carrying bed linen for?

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