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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. From what country or city is Vershinin from?
(a) Lithuania
(b) Poland
(c) Moscow
(d) Germany

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

3. Who is responsible for the answer to #24?
(a) Andrei
(b) Chebutykin
(c) The army
(d) The police

4. Who announces Vershinin's arrival into this second part of Act 1?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Anfisa

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?

2. What is heard as the characters are speaking during this second part of the Act 1?

3. Who is the 'lovesick major' the sisters used to tease with that nickname?

4. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?

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

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