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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vanya notes that he and _________ have slaved for the Professor to keep the farm running profitably.
(a) Sonya.
(b) Marina.
(c) Maria.
(d) Yelena.

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

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

4. Sonya says that _____________ has been spoiled by women all of his life.
(a) Astrov.
(b) Vanya.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

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

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

7. Who doesn't Sonya want involved in the drunken binges of Astrov?
(a) Maria.
(b) Yelena.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Herself.

8. 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) Marina.
(d) Sonya.

9. Who comes in to open the window and let in the fresh air that blows after the storm?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Vanya.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

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

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

12. Who gets offended when Yelena calls him by the wrong name, though he's at the table with her each day?
(a) Vanya.
(b) Marina.
(c) Telegin.
(d) Astrov.

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

14. Sonya talks about how Astrov feels that where __________ are well-tended, the people are more artisitic.
(a) Museums.
(b) Books.
(c) Children.
(d) Forests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yelena say has real talent and a real vision, and that he must be cared for?

2. Where does the Professor want his tea sent as he has a lot of work to do?

3. Vanya says that he is so __________ with himself for not making more of his life.

4. What does Astrov ask the worker to fetch for him before they head out the door?

5. What does Sonya reveal that the Astrov does every year and that he has been recognized for doing?

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