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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Astrov ask the worker to fetch for him before they head out the door?
(a) Vodka.
(b) A hot dinner.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

2. What time does Yelena tell the Professor it is after he wakes up and she wakes up too?
(a) Almost dawn.
(b) After midnight.
(c) Time to eat.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

3. What does Telegin bring with him as he and Astrov return home, slightly drunk?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Book.
(c) Pamphlet.
(d) Suitcase.

4. What is the relationship of Telegin to Sonya during the course of this play?
(a) Father.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Spouse.
(d) Godfather.

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

6. What does Vanya come in to announce is going to happen during this second act?
(a) A tax audit.
(b) A new baby.
(c) A storm.
(d) A soldier visit.

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

8. Who tells the others to go to bed because he has come to sit with the Professor for a while?
(a) A worker.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Telegin.

9. Who plays on the guitar during this scene as Maria reads the piece of paper?
(a) Astrov.
(b) Vanya.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

10. ____________ says that even though his wife ran off and left him, he is still faithful to her and to their children.
(a) The Professor.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Vanya.

11. Yelena says that Astrov is right, people don't just destroy forests, they also destroy ____________.
(a) Dreams.
(b) Money.
(c) Society.
(d) Other people.

12. What does Vanya's mother do as everyone else is talking during the scene after she enters?
(a) Cleans up the table.
(b) Sits in a corner and reads.
(c) Begins to settle the accounts.
(d) Starts making dinner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. _________ admits that he is a vile man, even more so when he is drunk.

4. Vanya says that Yelena is his __________ which is why he is so miserable.

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

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