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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. Which of the sisters knows Italian as an additional language to Russian?
(a) Irina
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Natasha

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

3. Where do Irina and Olga want to be by the fall in terms of their living situation?
(a) Poland
(b) Moscow
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

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

5. Who mentions his wife and daughters at the end of the scene?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Andrei
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Tusenbach

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries a large cake as he comes in to visit with the sisters in their home?

2. How long ago did the family leave Moscow to come to the provincial area where they are now settled?

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

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

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

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