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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natasha wonders if the mismatching clothes are some sort of __________.
(a) Joke
(b) Omen
(c) Blessing
(d) Warning

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

3. Who tells the other characters that the maskers will be there soon?
(a) Andrei
(b) Olga
(c) Irina
(d) Natasha

4. Kulygin is glad that _________ loves him and he continues to say this throughout the play.
(a) Olga
(b) Masha
(c) Natasha
(d) Irina

5. Who does Masha joke is starting to look like a boy?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Natasha

6. Where does Olga now work at the start of Act 2?
(a) She doesn't
(b) Teacher's Council Office
(c) Canning plant
(d) Telegraph Office

7. Who, according to Natasha, speaks very bad French?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Irina

8. Who is suddenly embarrassed when the count of people seems to indicate there are lovers at the table?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Andrei
(d) Natasha

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

10. What does Vershinin learn from the note he receives?
(a) His daughter has run away
(b) His wife tried to commit suicide
(c) His house burned down
(d) His wife has left him

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

12. Who gambles again with Andrei and causes him to lose money in the process?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Olga

13. Who makes a bad joke that is followed by an awkward silence?
(a) Solyony
(b) Andrei
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

14. Who has not paid any rent in months according to Masha and Irina's conversation?
(a) Olga
(b) Andrei
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Natasha

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

2. Who mentions his wife and daughters at the end of the scene?

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

4. Who does Solyony joke about being dead, shot by him in 25 years?

5. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?

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