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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not like civilians, as she reiterates from a previous discussion?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Irina

2. Who pours the tea when the samovar arrives?
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Anfisa
(d) Olga

3. Who says she comes from a family that has always despised work?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Irina

4. Who takes a lot of pictures when he arrives, as he always does?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Vershinin
(c) Andrei
(d) Fedotik

5. What does Masha warn Chebutykin not to do as he has embarrassed himself in the past?
(a) Eat
(b) Talk
(c) Drink
(d) Joke

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

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

8. Where do Irina and Olga want to be by the fall in terms of their living situation?
(a) Poland
(b) New York
(c) Chicago
(d) Moscow

9. What is the last name of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Pranatoff
(b) Prozokoff
(c) Protokovo
(d) Prozoroff

10. Who is NOT one of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Irina
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Natasha

11. Who has been named secretary to the council run by Protopopov?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Vershinin
(c) Andrei
(d) Chebutykin

12. Where does Irina now work as revealed at the start of Act 2?
(a) For the church
(b) Teacher's Council Office
(c) She doesn't
(d) Telegraphy Office

13. Who brings Vershinin a note during the course of the scene, alerting him to news from home?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Anfisa
(d) Masha

14. Solyony jokes that _______ is made of cockroaches.
(a) Liquor
(b) Literature
(c) The bread
(d) Children

15. Who have the sisters been teasing for being in love with a girl who is engaged?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Andrei
(d) Solyony

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is upset because one of his daughters is unwell and his wife is in a very bad mood?

2. Who suggests they imagine what like will be like in 200 years?

3. Who does Masha joke is starting to look like a boy?

4. Who tells Chebutykin that he has one of the stew ingredients wrong?

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

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