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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sonya reveal that the Astrov does every year and that he has been recognized for doing?
(a) Planting new trees.
(b) Giving money to the poor.
(c) Open his home to orphans.
(d) Feeding people.

3. Sonya says that it's a shame that she's not __________ as she is so in love with Astrov.
(a) Single.
(b) Married.
(c) Independent.
(d) Beautiful.

4. Sonya complains that Vanya has been living on his ___________ while she's been working herself to exhaustion.
(a) Pain.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Gripes.

5. Vanya says that he is so __________ with himself for not making more of his life.
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

6. _________ complains about how there is nothing else to talk about, nothing new to talk about.
(a) Vanya.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Sonya.
(d) The Professor.

7. Yelena suggests that being with Vanya would ____________ as Vanya just wants to possess her.
(a) Help her.
(b) Bore her.
(c) Destroy her.
(d) Lead to children.

8. What does the Professor ask Sonya to pass him, after which he says she's given him the wrong stuff?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Book.
(d) Journal.

9. What does Astrov joke about during this opening scene, saying that it is oversized?
(a) Sweater.
(b) Mug.
(c) Moustache.
(d) Scarf.

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

11. ________ could have proposed marriage to Yelena before she met her current husband, though he did not.
(a) Vanya.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Telegin.

12. Vanya says that Yelena is his __________ which is why he is so miserable.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Partner.
(c) Friend.
(d) Lover.

13. What does Astrov give as his excuse for quickly leaving when Sonya enters the room?
(a) He is supposed to make a phone call.
(b) He doesn't want to see her.
(c) He's not wearing a tie.
(d) He forgot his wallet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the Professor think actually finds him the most offensive of anyone?

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

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

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