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

2. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Protopopov
(d) Andrei

3. Who thinks it's useless to know so many languages?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Irina

4. What is heard as the characters are speaking during this second part of the Act 1?
(a) A siren
(b) An air raid horn
(c) A violin
(d) A knock at the door

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who mentions his wife and daughters at the end of the scene?

3. Where do Irina and Olga want to be by the fall in terms of their living situation?

4. Who is the one sister who wouldn't be able to go back to Moscow?

5. How old is the character of Vershinin?

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