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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Yelena formally wishes Astrov the best, she suddenly ______________.
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Starts to cry.
(c) Embraces him.
(d) Walks away.

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

3. Astrov says that his work shows a clear picture of decline brought by _____________, by ignorance, and by a total lack of awareness.
(a) Government.
(b) Stagnation.
(c) Squalor.
(d) Education.

4. The Professor says that he will not do anything without the consent of ___________.
(a) Marina.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Yelena.

5. Yelena asks ____________ how they feel about Sonya in a direct manner.
(a) Telegin.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Vanya.
(d) The Professor.

6. Yelena says that it's only in __________ that people find fulfillment from doing good things for others.
(a) Books.
(b) Movies.
(c) The country.
(d) Dreams.

7. Whose bedroom also serves as the estate office during this last act of the play?
(a) Astrov's.
(b) Yelena's.
(c) The Professor's.
(d) Vanya's.

8. What is heard offstage as the Professor goes to talk with Vanya?
(a) The guitar.
(b) A bell.
(c) A shot.
(d) Music.

9. In what room does this particular scene of the play take place?
(a) Bedroom.
(b) Patio.
(c) Basement.
(d) Drawing room.

10. Sonya encourages Vanya to keep living, bear the trials, and to work _________.
(a) Hard.
(b) Effectively.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Efficiently.

11. ________ comments to Sonya about how miserable he is as they are working together.
(a) The Professor.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Astrov.

12. Who has asked everyone to gather for some kind of announcement, according to Vanya?
(a) Sonya.
(b) Astrov.
(c) Telegin.
(d) The Professor.

13. Who comes into the scene, watching the others, though no one else notices this character?
(a) Vanya.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Telegin.
(d) Marina.

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

15. ___________ says they aren't leaving until Vanya returns what he stole.
(a) Yelena.
(b) Astrov.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Sonya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya says that she will get Astrov by telling him that __________ wants to see what he has been working on.

2. Vanya thinks that because he hasn't been charged with a crime, everyone must think that he is ____________.

3. Sonya tells __________ that everybody around this person has changed because of this person.

4. Vanya tells the Professor that ___________ will run from now on in the same way it always has.

5. Sonya says there are a lot of things she could do if she felt like it: work on the __________, visit the sick, etc.

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