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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Astrov reminds ___________ that he is there to see the Professor, who called for the doctor the day before.
(a) Vanya.
(b) Maria.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Sonya.

2. Yelena, it is said, married the Professor when he was already _________.
(a) Bored.
(b) Old.
(c) Done with love.
(d) Set in his ways.

3. Who notes that the Professor is fine as she sips her tea after Astrov points out he came to see the Professor?
(a) Marina.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Maria.
(d) Yelena.

4. Who becomes angry when Vanya says they have decided to live at the house?
(a) Marina.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Sonya.
(d) The Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yelena tells Vanya it's a nice day, what does Vanya say that it is a nice day to do?

2. Astrov becomes lost in a memory of the community in which there was an epidemic of ___________.

3. What does Vanya's mother do as everyone else is talking during the scene after she enters?

4. Astrov says that he drinks because __________ is a dull, stupid, dirty business.

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

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