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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sorin drink with his dinner?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Water.

2. What does Treplieff lay by Nina's feet?
(a) A dead sparrow.
(b) A dead snake.
(c) A dead fish.
(d) A dead seagull.

3. What does Treplieff say frightens his mother to death?
(a) The newspapers.
(b) The magazines.
(c) The cinema.
(d) The theater.

4. What is Dorn's job?
(a) A priest.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A gigolo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shamraeff's position on the estate?

2. Who does Trepleff say watches Nina closely?

3. Who is 55-years-old?

4. Which two Russian writers does Trigorin mention?

5. What does Trigorin have to leave to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Boris think being a writer is not easy?

2. What does Constantine say is the reason for his bad mood?

3. What does the dead seagull symbolize?

4. Why is Peter escorted to his room?

5. Why is Madame Akadina unhappy with Peter?

6. What news in the second act act delights Boris?

7. What do Madame Arkadina and Constantine argue about?

8. What does Yevgeny think is the sound that sounds like a gun shot?

9. Why does Peter like being surrounded by young artists?

10. What symbolizes the devil in the play?

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