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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Andrei propose marriage in the end of the scene, almost spontaneously?
(a) Anfisa
(b) Natasha
(c) Olga
(d) Irina

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

3. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

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

5. Who makes a bad joke that is followed by an awkward silence?
(a) Olga
(b) Masha
(c) Solyony
(d) Andrei

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?

2. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

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

4. Natasha wonders if the mismatching clothes are some sort of __________.

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

(see the answer key)

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