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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 gambles again with Andrei and causes him to lose money in the process?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Tusenbach
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Olga

2. Which character says that teaching gives her headaches, becoming one of the many complaints this character has?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Masha
(d) Olga

3. Who invites everyone to dinner within this particular scene?
(a) Olga
(b) Natasha
(c) Masha
(d) Irina

4. Natasha wonders if the mismatching clothes are some sort of __________.
(a) Blessing
(b) Joke
(c) Warning
(d) Omen

5. Who has not paid any rent in months according to Masha and Irina's conversation?
(a) Natasha
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Chebutykin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one sister who wouldn't be able to go back to Moscow?

2. Who carries a large cake as he comes in to visit with the sisters in their home?

3. Who does Masha joke is starting to look like a boy?

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

5. What is going on during this particular time period of the scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who recalls how beautiful the sisters' mother used to be?

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

4. What does Masha recall to be the nickname of Vershinin when they were younger?

5. What does Tusenbach tell Irina as he kisses her goodbye?

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

7. What does Masha sarcastically comment when Natasha enters the room with a candle?

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

9. What does Tusenback reveal to Masha?

10. What is the story Vershinin tells to Masha?

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