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

2. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Andrei
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Olga

3. Who mentions his wife and daughters at the end of the scene?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Vershinin
(d) Andrei

4. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Andrei
(d) Protopopov

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Chebutykin that he has one of the stew ingredients wrong?

2. Where does Irina now work as revealed at the start of Act 2?

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

4. To whom does Andrei propose marriage in the end of the scene, almost spontaneously?

5. Who suggests they imagine what like will be like in 200 years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Natasha chatter about when she comes into this scene?

2. When Tusenbach says he knows Irina does not love him, how does she respond?

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

4. What does Andrei do in the background throughout the scene?

5. Why does Chebutykin never marry, according to him?

6. Why did Kulygin shave off his mustache?

7. When Irina says she hopes to see Fedotik and Rode again, Fedotik says they will not. Why is that?

8. What does Masha do as she is reading, which prompts Olga to tell her to stop?

9. What is Ferapont demanding of Andrei?

10. What is the new job Tusenbach reveals he will start soon?

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