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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose clothes do not match, a fact which is pointed out by another character in the play?
(a) Irina's
(b) Andrei's
(c) Natasha's
(d) Olga's

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

3. When Irina turns down the book, to whom is the book next given?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Masha
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Olga

4. Who does Tusenbach try to make peace with although it doesn't seem to be successful?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Solyony
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Andrei

5. What is going on during this particular time period of the scene?
(a) Christmas
(b) Saints Week
(c) Easter
(d) Carnival Week

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in love with Masha although it is a bit of scandal that he does?

2. How long ago did the family leave Moscow to come to the provincial area where they are now settled?

3. Who tells the other characters that the maskers will be there soon?

4. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the big news that is revealed in this scene's opening?

2. What have Kulygin and Masha been invited to do?

3. What happens, according to Tusenbach, when Solyony is around people?

4. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

5. What does Olga tell Anfisa to do in response to the news in #38?

6. What does Vershinin suggest he, Tusenbach, and Masha do?

7. What happens a year ago to the day at the opening of the play?

8. What do Irina and Olga talk about in relation to Moscow and their living situation?

9. What does Natasha search for in this scene?

10. What is heard as Olga calls everyone to lunch?

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