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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 becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?
(a) Olga
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Masha

2. How long ago did the family leave Moscow to come to the provincial area where they are now settled?
(a) 2 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 11 years

3. What is the last name of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Prozokoff
(b) Protokovo
(c) Pranatoff
(d) Prozoroff

4. Who is the one sister who wouldn't be able to go back to Moscow?
(a) Olga
(b) Natasha
(c) Masha
(d) Irina

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which character says he loved the sisters' mother?

4. What is said to be far away, though no one knows why?

5. Which of the women in the play describes herself as a little white bird?

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