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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. Which character says to Lyubov in Act III, "You still have your good, pure soul"?
(a) Anya.
(b) Varya.
(c) Trofimov.
(d) Lopakhin.

2. How much is Gaev offered at the bank?
(a) 10,000 per year.
(b) 3,000 per year.
(c) 6,000 per year.
(d) 25,000 per year.

3. What does Firs refer to as "the troubles" during Act II?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The onset of Communism.
(d) The Emancipation.

4. Whose grandparents and parents are slaves on the estate?
(a) Lopakhin's.
(b) Lyubov's.
(c) Charlotta's.
(d) Varya's.

5. Where does the Countess live, who is mentioned by Gaev in Act II?
(a) Paris.
(b) Yaroslav.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks up the keys at the end of Act III?

2. What is the setting for Act II?

3. Who is left in the drawing room at the end of Act III?

4. Which character wears all black?

5. What does Yepikhodov break in Act III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of the landowners in The Cherry Orchard?

2. Describe the setting of Act II. What characters are in the opening of the scene, and what are they doing?

3. Who performs magic tricks? What tricks does he/she perform? Where did he/she learn to perform them?

4. What is the emotional state of Lyubov at the end of Act III? Why?

5. Which character is the most "socialist?" How?

6. What does Lopakhin suggest that Lyubov and Gaev do with the estate in Act II? What is their reaction?

7. Who is Deriganov? How does he/she play into the plot?

8. Where do the telegrams arrive from? What do they say?

9. Does Firs have loyalty to the family? How do we know?

10. What is the relationship between Yasha and Dunyasha?

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