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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is dozing in chair by a window as Yelena dozes nearby at the beginning of this scene.
(a) Vanya.
(b) Telegin.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Astrov.

2. Where is the beginning of Act Two set as the play opens again?
(a) The dining room.
(b) Outside.
(c) The office.
(d) The bedroom.

3. Vanya believes that all of his feelings, including those he has for __________ are being wasted.
(a) Sonya.
(b) Marina.
(c) Maria.
(d) Yelena.

4. What does Sonya point out has gone cold on them as they were speaking?
(a) Fire.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Tea.
(d) Evening.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Vanya complains that ever since ___________ and his wife arrived, the schedule has not be right around the house.

3. Sonya complains that Vanya has been living on his ___________ while she's been working herself to exhaustion.

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

5. ___________ interrupts Astrov's speech by saying that he still uses wood in his outhouses and fireplaces.

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