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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vanya thinks the Professor writes books about _________ without knowing anything about it.
(a) Politics.
(b) History.
(c) Math.
(d) Art.

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

3. __________ says that a woman can only be a friend once they have been an acquaintance and then a mistress.
(a) The Professor.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Telegin.

4. ________ tells Sonya he will not listen to any phone calls from the Professor anymore.
(a) Yelena.
(b) Telegin.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Vanya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Astrov predicts that by the time it stops ______________, the horse and carriage will be ready.

2. What does Vanya's mother do as everyone else is talking during the scene after she enters?

3. Telegin sits next to Marina and talks about how happy he is because of _____________.

4. Astrov becomes lost in a memory of the community in which there was an epidemic of ___________.

5. What has Maria received from a writer that she likes and she shares this with the rest of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Astrov's reasoning behind his constant drinking when Marina asks him about this habit?

2. What is painful for Vanya when he looks at Yelena, according to his own words as he is drunk?

3. What does Astrov return to the room with after Sonya has coaxed him into coming over to them?

4. When Marina asks Telegin where the gun is, what does Telegin reply to her?

5. What does Astrov fear will happen if Vanya kills himself with a vial of morphine?

6. What does the Professor tell Marina as soon as he walks into the house without being let inside?

7. What does the Professor say about the medicine he wants Sonya to pass to him?

8. What does Yelena suggest Astrov do in regards to his feelings about Sonya?

9. When Sonya returns, what does Astrov say he needs to do so he has to leave the room?

10. What has Vanya supposedly stolen from Astrov, according to Astrov's accusation?

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