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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 does not like civilians, as she reiterates from a previous discussion?
(a) Masha
(b) Natasha
(c) Irina
(d) Olga

2. What does Andrei really want to do with his life? What is his current goal?
(a) Become a pianist
(b) Get married
(c) Leave the country
(d) Translate a book into English

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes a bad joke that is followed by an awkward silence?

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

3. What is the gift that arrives for the sisters from the answer to #16?

4. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the rumor that is bothering Irina?

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

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

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

6. What is Natasha worried about in relation to Sophie?

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

8. What does Kulygin do when he enters at the beginning of this scene?

9. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

10. Where does Olga long to be?

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