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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. What does Treplieff threaten to do?

2. Where did Sorin serve for 28 years?

3. What kind of tea does Dorn suggest they give Madame Akadina and Sorin?

4. What does Boris say he loves doing?

5. What does Trigorin say he is left behind like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madame Arkadina complement Nina?

2. What do the characters say about Constantine's work when he is gone?

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

4. What does Nina tell Constantine?

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

6. Why is Madame Arkadina furious at Illya?

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

8. Why does Constantine think that Nina favors Boris?

9. Who is Boris Trigorin?

10. What happens to Peter in the second act?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Chekhov's writing style. How would you describe his style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does his style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed in Seagull particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

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