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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. Which character says that teaching gives her headaches, becoming one of the many complaints this character has?
(a) Natasha
(b) Olga
(c) Masha
(d) Irina

2. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?
(a) The sister's grandfather
(b) Andrei's brother
(c) The sisters' mother
(d) The sisters' father

3. Who always brings extravagant presents for the sisters as he feels he loves them as much as their mother did?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Ferapont
(c) Vershinin
(d) Tusenbach

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

5. What does Masha warn Chebutykin not to do as he has embarrassed himself in the past?
(a) Talk
(b) Eat
(c) Joke
(d) Drink

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces Vershinin's arrival into this second part of Act 1?

2. Who is the new commander of the military in the town where the sisters reside?

3. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?

4. How long ago did the family leave Moscow to come to the provincial area where they are now settled?

5. Who do they say is going to be a professor one day because he is so smart?

(see the answer key)

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