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

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

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

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

5. Kulygin is glad that _________ loves him and he continues to say this throughout the play.
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Irina
(d) Olga

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who announces they're staying to lunch when the arrival of another character occurs?

3. What game does Irina play when she is sitting by herself at the end of the scene?

4. What does Vershinin learn from the note he receives?

5. Who is the 'lovesick major' the sisters used to tease with that nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who believes that life ultimately has no meaning?

2. What does Tusenback reveal to Masha?

3. What has Andrei been chosen to do by Protopopov?

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

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

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

7. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

8. Where is the entire military contingent being posted?

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

10. Where does Olga long to be?

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