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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Dorn like the best?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Genoa.

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

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

4. Where has Constanine been criticized?
(a) The Writer's Circle.
(b) The bars in Moscow.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) The government.

5. What does Nina say she has not done for two years?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Fallen in love.
(c) Smiled.
(d) Cried.

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

7. What has Constantine never created in any of his stories?
(a) A female character.
(b) A living character.
(c) A male character.
(d) An old character.

8. What does Trigorin say Constantine's writing verges on?
(a) Hate.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Fear.
(d) Heaven.

9. How do Nina and Treplieff keep in contact?
(a) Through the telephone.
(b) Through telegrams.
(c) Through letters.
(d) They don't.

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

11. Who have Nina's father and stepfather hired to keep Nina away from their estate?
(a) A footman.
(b) A watchman.
(c) A pack of dogs.
(d) A soldier.

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

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

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

15. Which of the servants wishes Akadina a good trip?
(a) The footman.
(b) Jacob.
(c) The cook.
(d) Shamraeff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arkadina say is late?

2. What did Medviedenko think he heard in the theater the previous night?

3. Who dies Arkadina think that Constantine is jealous of?

4. What does Arkadina say Triplieff enjoys doing?

5. Where could Sorin spend a whole year if Arkadina gave him 1000 rubles?

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