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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sorin serve for 28 years?

2. What is Treplieff carrying along with the seagull?

3. What does Aradina smoke?

4. What does Trigorin say has made him giddy?

5. What have Nina's mother and stepfather gone out to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the second act?

2. Why is Illya enraged that Madame Arkadina wants a horse?

3. Why does Madame Arkadina not want to stay at the estate?

4. Why does Peter think he must be gravely ill?

5. How does Boris react to Madame Arkadina's insensitive comments?

6. Why does Constantine walk away from Paulina?

7. Why is Constantine worried?

8. How does Constantine's play open?

9. What is the weather like at the beginning of the fourth act?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Constantine jealous of Boris? How can Constantine get over his jealousy of Boris? Does Constantine gives into such feelings of jealousy too easily?

Essay Topic 2

THE SEA GULL greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the play and discuss its similarities swath the novel in terms of the following:

Plot

Character

Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Compare American and Russian culture.

What are the differences between the two cultures?

In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

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