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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 Treplieff wish his mother was?
(a) A fun loving woman.
(b) An ordinary woman.
(c) A lucky woman.
(d) A serious woman.

2. What animal does Trigorin say he races and dodges like?
(a) A hedgehog.
(b) A fox.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A snake.

3. Who does Arkadina say she is not?
(a) Mary Magdelene.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jove.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

4. Who calls Boris from the house?
(a) Arkadina.
(b) Dorn.
(c) Jana.
(d) Masha.

5. What does Trigorin say is all he is fit to describe?
(a) City life.
(b) People.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Treplieff's mother's job?

2. What is Dorn's first name?

3. What does Paulina do with the flowers that Nina gives Dorn?

4. What color does Masha dress in?

5. Who does Sorin say has never liked him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Masha think she can forget Constantine?

2. Why does Boris want to stay at the estate?

3. How does Constantine's play open?

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

5. What does Madame Arkadina say is the secret to looking youthful?

6. Why does Madame Arkadina want to return to the city?

7. What agreement do Simon and Masha come to?

8. How does Boris react when Madame Arkadina says they leave?

9. Why does Masha want to marry Simon?

10. Why is Paulina worried about Yevgeny's attractions to Nina?

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