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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yelena pleads with her husband to ______________ during this confrontation.
(a) Leave.
(b) Apologize.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Have a heart.

2. Who has stopped working, only to follow Yelena around all day?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Telegin.

3. Whose silence is interpreted to mean that Astrov said that he wouldn't be coming back?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Sonya.

4. Sonya says that she has ___________ and urges Vanya to do that same.
(a) Courage.
(b) Strength.
(c) Faith.
(d) Religion.

5. Sonya tells Vanya that she _____________, but she has decided to endure it.
(a) Is in pain too.
(b) Doesn't want to live.
(c) Loves him.
(d) Wants to die.

6. Astrov says that he will not be back to the house again unless there is ______________.
(a) A party.
(b) An emergency.
(c) A fire.
(d) A celebration.

7. Within this final setting is an easel and a table where which character goes to paint?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Yelena.

8. What is Vanya accused of stealing from Astrov, according to Astrov's accusation?
(a) Bread.
(b) Vial of morphine.
(c) A book.
(d) Vodka.

9. Vanya shouts that ___________ is the enemy and that this person has destroyed his life.
(a) Telegin.
(b) Yelena.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Astrov.

10. Vanya tells Sonya they must quickly _____________ otherwise he won't be able to go on.
(a) Kiss.
(b) Get to work.
(c) Marry.
(d) Leave.

11. Vanya tells the Professor that ___________ will run from now on in the same way it always has.
(a) His dream.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His life.
(d) The farm.

12. Yelena comes in to tell Vanya that ____________ has something to say to him.
(a) The Professor.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Maria.
(d) Astrov.

13. Sonya thinks that when they ___________, they will be rewarded.
(a) Grow older.
(b) Leave.
(c) Finish.
(d) Die.

14. What does Astrov drink before he finally leaves the estate?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Tea.

15. Astrov stops talking about his work when he realizes that ___________ is not interested in what he has to say.
(a) Yelena.
(b) Vanya.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Sonya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya encourages Vanya to keep living, bear the trials, and to work _________.

2. The Professor calls Vanya a _______________ and tells him he can have the estate.

3. ___________ comments on the silence of the home and says that he doesn't feel like leaving.

4. Yelena kisses Vanya's ____________ before she leaves the estate.

5. Astrov says that he ___________ Sonya, but he has no feeling for her as a woman.

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