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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. What is said to be far away, though no one knows why?
(a) The market
(b) The post office
(c) The train station
(d) The church

2. Which character says he loved the sisters' mother?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Ferapont
(d) Vershinin

3. What is the name of the child over whom Natasha worries excessively?
(a) Bobik
(b) Sophie
(c) Andrei Junior
(d) Maka

4. Who does Natasha want to not stop by, fearing for her child's rest?
(a) Gambling men
(b) The teacher
(c) Maskers
(d) The other sisters

5. Whose clothes do not match, a fact which is pointed out by another character in the play?
(a) Irina's
(b) Andrei's
(c) Olga's
(d) Natasha's

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has not paid any rent in months according to Masha and Irina's conversation?

4. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

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

(see the answer key)

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