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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Professor wonder aloud as he is waking up and talking to Yelena?
(a) Why she loves him.
(b) Why he can not move.
(c) Why he is short of breath.
(d) Why he is so old.

2. ________ tells the Professor to stop being so difficult at this point of the play.
(a) Astrov.
(b) Maria.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Sonya.

3. ___________ interrupts Astrov's speech by saying that he still uses wood in his outhouses and fireplaces.
(a) Marina.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Yelena.

4. Telegin points out that he still has __________ while his wife has nothing in her life and decisions.
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Pride.
(d) Peace.

5. Who says that Astrov is perfectly welcome to stay and to wait for the Professor?
(a) Maria.
(b) Yelena.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Vanya.

6. Astrov admits to Vanya that he came back to the house in order to see which character?
(a) Maria.
(b) Yelena.
(c) Marina.
(d) Sonya.

7. ____________ once had an attack of conscience when he was operating on a patient, thinking that the patient's death was his fault.
(a) Vanya.
(b) Astrov.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

8. ___________ sees that Vanya is drunk and tells him it's unfitting for someone his age.
(a) Maria.
(b) Marina.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Yelena.

9. Astrov returns, now wearing a __________ and a tie when Sonya tells him to have a drink.
(a) Waistcoat.
(b) Sweater.
(c) Undershirt.
(d) Military jacket.

10. Who wants to know when Astrov will be back from the work issue he needs to handle?
(a) Telegin.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Yelena.

11. What does Maria say that Vanya used to have, but does not have anymore - and Vanya agrees with her?
(a) A purpose.
(b) A gun.
(c) A smile.
(d) Convictions.

12. Where does the Professor feel serious pain when he wakes up from his sleep?
(a) Leg.
(b) Head.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Elbow.

13. What is the Professor wearing when he enters the scene with his wife?
(a) Black overcoat.
(b) A tuxedo.
(c) Swimming trunks.
(d) Blue jeans.

14. What do Yelena and Sonya share together as a way to celebrate their new friendship?
(a) Bread.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

15. Astrov talks about whether people of today will be remembered, and Marina says that _______ will remember.
(a) No one.
(b) God.
(c) He.
(d) She.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya talks about how Astrov feels that where __________ are well-tended, the people are more artisitic.

2. Where is the beginning of Act Two set as the play opens again?

3. Astrov reminds ___________ that he is there to see the Professor, who called for the doctor the day before.

4. Who plays on the guitar during this scene as Maria reads the piece of paper?

5. Who comes in to remind the Professor that he asked to see Astrov?

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