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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the 'lovesick major' the sisters used to tease with that nickname?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Andrei
(d) Chebutykin

3. Who does Tusenbach feel sorry for, as he seems to change moods depending on who he is with?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Andrei
(c) Solyony
(d) Chebutykin

4. What is the gift that arrives for the sisters from the answer to #16?
(a) A map of Russia
(b) A large silver statue
(c) A book of medicines
(d) A large silver samovar

5. What are the firefighters asking for permission to do?
(a) Stop fighting the out of control fire
(b) Go through the garden
(c) Use more water than they were allotted
(d) Take a break

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is NOT one of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?

4. Who is very drunk when he enters in this scene, which is no surprise to the others, although they do try to let him alone?

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

(see the answer key)

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