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

Short Answer Questions

1. What positive thing does Masha say about the school teacher?

2. What is the title of Sorin's story idea?

3. Why does Arkadina think that Constantine shot himself?

4. What does Trigorin say brings happiness on earth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's chronological setting.

What were the main concerns during the 1900s? How does the author express these concerns?

How would the author change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following:

Language

Character

Structure

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