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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country or city is Vershinin from?
(a) Poland
(b) Moscow
(c) Germany
(d) Lithuania

2. Who seems to have a hearing problem as evidenced by the need for other characters to repeat themselves?
(a) Olga
(b) Andrei
(c) Masha
(d) Ferapont

3. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Chebutykin

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

5. At what age did Masha marry Kulygin, according to the play?
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 14
(d) 22

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

7. Who does Solyony joke about being dead, shot by him in 25 years?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Andrei
(d) Vershinin

8. Who makes the comment that all children should be cooked and eaten?
(a) Solyony
(b) Natasha
(c) Andrei
(d) Tusenbach

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

10. Who is responsible for the answer to #24?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Andrei
(c) The police
(d) The army

11. Who promises to go to university with Andrei even thought it seems this might be an empty promise?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Irina
(d) Bobik

12. Who is in love with Masha although it is a bit of scandal that he does?
(a) Andrei
(b) Vershinin
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Tusenbach

13. How long ago did the family leave Moscow to come to the provincial area where they are now settled?
(a) 7 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 11 years

14. Who gives Irina some crayons to play with, making her feel again like she is treated like a child?
(a) Olga
(b) Fedotik
(c) Solyony
(d) Andrei

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the new commander of the military in the town where the sisters reside?

2. Solyony jokes that _______ is made of cockroaches.

3. Who chatters about the Sunday day of rest, talking endlessly about what it should include?

4. Who has resigned from the military and this is revealed to Masha by that character?

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

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