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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the character of Vershinin?
(a) 29
(b) 43
(c) 37
(d) 53

2. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Irina
(d) Olga

3. Who is searching to ensure no servants leave candles burning?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Olga

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

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

6. To whom does Irina comment about Masha's bad mood?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Andrei

7. Which sister works at the school with the answer to #37?
(a) Olga
(b) Natasha
(c) Anfisa
(d) Masha

8. Who says that while he has a German name, he is truly Russian at heart?
(a) Ferapont
(b) Solyony
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Andrei

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

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

11. Who plays the piano and entertains the others as a result?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Vershinin
(c) Andrei
(d) Irina

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Irina a book detailing the history of the school where her sister teaches?

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

3. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?

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

5. Who is suddenly embarrassed when the count of people seems to indicate there are lovers at the table?

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