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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who plays on the guitar during this scene as Maria reads the piece of paper?
(a) Vanya.
(b) Astrov.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

2. Who makes an exclamation which keeps Telegin and Sonya stay outside?
(a) Vanya.
(b) Maria.
(c) Marina.
(d) Astrov.

3. Sonya sends Marina off to deal with some of the _____________.
(a) Other servants.
(b) Workers.
(c) The salespeople.
(d) Other men.

4. Who does Astrov invite to drop in on him at his small estate, and this person says that staying in the trees can not be exciting?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Maria.
(d) The Professor.

5. Vanya thinks the Professor writes books about _________ without knowing anything about it.
(a) History.
(b) Politics.
(c) Art.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes angry when Vanya says they have decided to live at the house?

2. Who says that Astrov is perfectly welcome to stay and to wait for the Professor?

3. ____________ once had an attack of conscience when he was operating on a patient, thinking that the patient's death was his fault.

4. What is Marina knitting when the scene opens during the first act of the play?

5. When Astrov is pacing by Marina, what does Marina first offer to him in order to calm him?

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