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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the character of Vershinin?
(a) 29
(b) 43
(c) 53
(d) 37

2. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

3. Who does Solyony joke about being dead, shot by him in 25 years?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Andrei
(c) Vershinin
(d) Tusenbach

4. Which of the sisters knows Italian as an additional language to Russian?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Masha
(d) Olga

5. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Andrei
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Olga

Short Answer Questions

1. Who always brings extravagant presents for the sisters as he feels he loves them as much as their mother did?

2. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

3. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?

4. What is the last name of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?

5. Who chatters about the Sunday day of rest, talking endlessly about what it should include?

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