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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes in to remind the Professor that he asked to see Astrov?
(a) Marina.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Telegin.
(d) Yelena.

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

3. What does Yelena put on the Professor as it has fallen off of his as he slept?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Blanket.
(c) His sweater.
(d) Hat.

4. What is Marina knitting when the scene opens during the first act of the play?
(a) Sweater.
(b) Stocking.
(c) Scarf.
(d) Pot holder.

5. Who asks Telegin to begin playing music, though he is quickly told not to by another character?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Astrov.

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

7. The Professors tells Vanya to go, that they used to be ____________ and will talk another time.
(a) Coworkers.
(b) Idealists.
(c) Friends.
(d) Students.

8. Vanya says that the __________ will bring everything in nature back to life, but won't revive him.
(a) Storm.
(b) Money.
(c) Baby.
(d) Estate.

9. 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.

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

11. Telegin sits next to Marina and talks about how happy he is because of _____________.
(a) A book.
(b) The good weather.
(c) An inheiritance he received.
(d) His new lover.

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

13. Astrov becomes lost in a memory of the community in which there was an epidemic of ___________.
(a) Flu.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Ebola.

14. When Yelena talks to Vanya about his quarreling ways, he starts talks about her ___________.
(a) Feminine wiles.
(b) Superficiality.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Ignorance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship of Telegin to Sonya during the course of this play?

2. ___________ tells Vanya he should spend more time creating harmony and reconciliation.

3. What does Telegin bring with him as he and Astrov return home, slightly drunk?

4. Sonya says that _____________ has been spoiled by women all of his life.

5. What does Sonya point out has gone cold on them as they were speaking?

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