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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people are sitting at the table when the dinner is ready to be served?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 13

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

4. Which character says that teaching gives her headaches, becoming one of the many complaints this character has?
(a) Irina
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Natasha

5. What is going on during this particular time period of the scene?
(a) Christmas
(b) Carnival Week
(c) Easter
(d) Saints Week

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Olga now work at the start of Act 2?

2. Who says she comes from a family that has always despised work?

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

4. Who is in love with Masha although it is a bit of scandal that he does?

5. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?

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