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

2. Who suggests they imagine what like will be like in 200 years?
(a) Natasha
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Vershinin

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

4. Who does Tusenbach feel sorry for, as he seems to change moods depending on who he is with?
(a) Solyony
(b) Vershinin
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Andrei

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where exactly is the sisters' mother buried?

2. What is heard as the characters are speaking during this second part of the Act 1?

3. Who always brings extravagant presents for the sisters as he feels he loves them as much as their mother did?

4. Who is upset because one of his daughters is unwell and his wife is in a very bad mood?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting and the time of the opening of Act 3, Part 1?

2. What are the sisters celebrating when the play begins?

3. Where is the first act of the play set?

4. What are some of Irina's complaints to Olga when Olga arrives in the scene?

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

6. What does Solyony's anger cause him to reveal?

7. What does Irina do in response to the action of #13?

8. How has Andrei changed since being with Natasha?

9. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

10. Who talks about how much he loves Irina?

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