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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the other man that Telegin's wife was seeing at one point?
(a) He married her.
(b) He died.
(c) He left her.
(d) No one knows.

3. Who does Yelena admit to being interested in as she and Sonya talk about relationships?
(a) Josef.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Telegin.

4. Who does Yelena say has real talent and a real vision, and that he must be cared for?
(a) Telegin.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Vanya.
(d) The Professsor.

5. What is the country in which this play, "Uncle Vanya," is set?
(a) United States.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

7. 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.

8. Who complains they have had just about enough of the Professor?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Maria.
(c) Marina.
(d) Vanya.

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

10. Yelena and Sonya promise to be __________ again after many difficult weeks together.
(a) Friends.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Partners.

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

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

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

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

15. When Yelena tells Vanya it's a nice day, what does Vanya say that it is a nice day to do?
(a) Shoot someone.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Hang one's self.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is dozing in chair by a window as Yelena dozes nearby at the beginning of this scene.

2. 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?

3. Who tells the others to go to bed because he has come to sit with the Professor for a while?

4. _________ complains about how there is nothing else to talk about, nothing new to talk about.

5. What does the Professor ask Sonya to pass him, after which he says she's given him the wrong stuff?

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