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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) Omen
(b) Warning
(c) Joke
(d) Blessing

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

3. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?
(a) Andrei
(b) Irina
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

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

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

6. Masha suggests that which character is not well in the head, which is no surprise to the others or to the reader?
(a) Olga
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Andrei

7. Which of the sisters knows Italian as an additional language to Russian?
(a) Masha
(b) Natasha
(c) Olga
(d) Irina

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) Olga
(c) Irina
(d) Vershinin

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

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

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

12. Who gives Irina a book detailing the history of the school where her sister teaches?
(a) Kulygin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Masha
(d) Chebutykin

13. Where would Andrei like to be a famous lecturer if he were to have his way?
(a) Moscow University
(b) Moscow College
(c) The Kremlin's Private College
(d) The United States

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

15. Who invites everyone to dinner within this particular scene?
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Irina
(d) Olga

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says he loved the sisters' mother?

2. Who rushes into the room and checks herself in the mirror, showing her obsession with herself?

3. Who does not like civilians, as she reiterates from a previous discussion?

4. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?

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

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