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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Firs say that the late master treated everyone with for illness?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Cod Liver oil.
(c) Candy.
(d) Sealing wax.

2. Who is Varya afraid will "fall in love"?
(a) Lopakhim and Trofimov.
(b) Lyubov and Firs.
(c) Anya and Trofimov.
(d) Dunyasha and Pishchik.

3. What does Yasha ask of Lyubov in Act III?
(a) To let him play billiards.
(b) To allow him to marry Dunyasha.
(c) To take him for a drive.
(d) To take him to Paris with her.

4. Whom does Lopakhin claim was kind to him when he was young?
(a) Lyubov.
(b) His father.
(c) Pishchik.
(d) His mother.

5. Who picks up the keys at the end of Act III?
(a) Lopakhin.
(b) Varya.
(c) Anya.
(d) Gaev.

6. Who wears white throughout the play?
(a) Lyubov.
(b) Varya.
(c) Gaev.
(d) Anya.

7. Who speaks to the bookshelf and to nature?
(a) Gaev.
(b) Anya.
(c) Yepikhodov.
(d) Charlotta.

8. How long has Lyubov been away?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

9. What time does the auction end?
(a) 8 o'clock.
(b) 4 o'clock.
(c) 6 o'clock.
(d) 9 o'clock.

10. How old is Lyubov's son when he dies?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

11. At what time of day does Act II take place?
(a) Noon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Midnight.

12. What does Trofimov suggest that Anya do with the keys of the household?
(a) Throw them into the well.
(b) Send them to the Countess.
(c) Swallow them.
(d) Give them to him.

13. Which character quotes Nietzche in Act III?
(a) Trofimov.
(b) Pishchik.
(c) The Stationmaster.
(d) Charlotta.

14. What becomes of Lyubov's lover?
(a) He leaves her for another woman.
(b) He inherits a fortune.
(c) He marries her daughter.
(d) He dies on the train.

15. What does Yepikhodov break in Act III?
(a) The bookcase.
(b) A billiard ball.
(c) A table.
(d) A billiard cue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Gaev offered at the bank?

2. How old does Trofimov claim to be?

3. What is Lyubov's reaction about the auction?

4. Which character says to Lyubov in Act III, "You still have your good, pure soul"?

5. What does Dunyasha do repeatedly throughout the play?

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