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

2. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?
(a) The sisters' mother
(b) The sister's grandfather
(c) Andrei's brother
(d) The sisters' father

3. Where exactly is the sisters' mother buried?
(a) The garden
(b) She's still alive
(c) The backyard
(d) Moscow

4. When Irina turns down the book, to whom is the book next given?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Olga
(c) Vershinin
(d) Masha

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces Vershinin's arrival into this second part of Act 1?

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

3. Who have the sisters been teasing for being in love with a girl who is engaged?

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

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

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