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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 is NOT one of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Masha
(d) Natasha

2. Which of the women in the play describes herself as a little white bird?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

3. What does Andrei really want to do with his life? What is his current goal?
(a) Get married
(b) Become a pianist
(c) Leave the country
(d) Translate a book into English

4. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Andrei

5. Who have the sisters been teasing for being in love with a girl who is engaged?
(a) Solyony
(b) Vershinin
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Andrei

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who makes a bad joke that is followed by an awkward silence?

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

4. Who thinks it's useless to know so many languages?

5. Which of the sisters knows Italian as an additional language to Russian?

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