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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Arkadina say Triplieff enjoys doing?
(a) Making her feel bad.
(b) Causing trouble.
(c) Saying unpleasant things.
(d) Arguing.

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

4. What does Sorin drink to make himself feel better?
(a) Tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Vodka.

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

6. Where does Masha say is the only place to find hopeless love?
(a) Novels.
(b) The theater.
(c) Comics.
(d) The movies.

7. Who pays Constantine for his stories?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Publishers.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Friends.

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

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

10. What does Dorn say the fear of death is?
(a) An animal passion.
(b) Worthless.
(c) God's will.
(d) A human weakness.

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

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

13. What does Treplieff say his mother should untie?
(a) Her toes.
(b) Her purse-strings.
(c) Her tongue.
(d) Her hair.

14. What does Trigorin say brings happiness on earth?
(a) Love.
(b) Family.
(c) Passion.
(d) Children.

15. What do Paulina and Arkadina put in the middle of the room?
(a) A card table.
(b) A coffee table.
(c) A May pole.
(d) A statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trigorin say Treplieff is as great a mystery as?

2. What did the miller in Rusalka call himself?

3. Why does Arkadina think that Constantine shot himself?

4. What does Treplieff tell his uncle to go and do?

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

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