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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says that teaching gives her headaches, becoming one of the many complaints this character has?
(a) Olga
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Masha

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

3. Who says again that life will never change when they are discussing the idea of what will be in 200 years?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Vershinin
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Andrei

4. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?
(a) The sister's grandfather
(b) Andrei's brother
(c) The sisters' mother
(d) The sisters' father

5. Who has resigned from the military and this is revealed to Masha by that character?
(a) Andrei
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Vershinin
(d) Tusenbach

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

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

8. Who believes it is a shame that youth passes during the discuss of how time passes and what changes can occur?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Vershinin

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

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

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

12. Who carries a large cake as he comes in to visit with the sisters in their home?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Anfisa
(c) Ferapont
(d) Protopopov

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

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

15. Who thinks it's useless to know so many languages?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Olga
(c) Masha
(d) Irina

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 was born and raised in an aristocratic family?

3. Who, according to Natasha, speaks very bad French?

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

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

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