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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries a large cake as he comes in to visit with the sisters in their home?
(a) Ferapont
(b) Vershinin
(c) Anfisa
(d) Protopopov

2. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?
(a) Natasha
(b) Olga
(c) Irina
(d) Masha

3. Who do they say is going to be a professor one day because he is so smart?
(a) Andrei
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Vershinin

4. What is said to be far away, though no one knows why?
(a) The church
(b) The train station
(c) The post office
(d) The market

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrei really want to do with his life? What is his current goal?

2. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?

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

4. What is the gift that arrives for the sisters from the answer to #16?

5. Who does Solyony joke about being dead, shot by him in 25 years?

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