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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 do they say is going to be a professor one day because he is so smart?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Andrei

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

3. What is said to be far away, though no one knows why?
(a) The train station
(b) The church
(c) The market
(d) The post office

4. Who have the sisters been teasing for being in love with a girl who is engaged?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Solyony
(d) Andrei

5. Who announces they're staying to lunch when the arrival of another character occurs?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Andrei

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Andrei like to be a famous lecturer if he were to have his way?

2. Who announces Vershinin's arrival into this second part of Act 1?

3. When Irina turns down the book, to whom is the book next given?

4. Who takes a lot of pictures when he arrives, as he always does?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is the final act of the play set?

3. Who talks about how much he loves Irina?

4. What is Ferapont demanding of Andrei?

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

6. What is the rumor that is bothering Irina?

7. Why doesn't Natasha want the maskers to come?

8. What does Tusenback reveal to Masha?

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

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

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