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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. What is the plan for the cherry orchard at the end of Act III?
(a) It will be burned.
(b) It will produce cherries for the town.
(c) It will be replanted.
(d) It will be chopped down.

2. What is the setting for Act III?
(a) The garden.
(b) The nursery.
(c) The ballroom.
(d) The drawing room.

3. What is the common complaint about Gaev?
(a) He is in love with the maid.
(b) He drinks all the time.
(c) He sings too much.
(d) He talks too much.

4. Who buys the cherry orchard at the auction?
(a) Lopakhin.
(b) The Countess.
(c) Pishchik.
(d) Gaev.

5. What effect comes from having the railway closer to the estate?
(a) It means that Gaev can travel to and from work.
(b) It will be easier to lease out summer cottages.
(c) It will make selling the cherries more convenient.
(d) It means that Lyubov can marry the stationmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the auction end?

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

3. What does Yepikhodov carry with him at all times?

4. How old does Trofimov claim to be?

5. What does Gaev constantly eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Countess? How does she play into the plot? Where does she live?

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

3. Who is the comic relief in the play? How does this play out?

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

5. Who is involved in a "love triangle" in the play? How?

6. What event is taking place in the beginning of Act III? What purpose does this event serve to the story?

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

8. What does Firs say in Act III about the guests at the estate? How are they different from the guests before?

9. Who is Pishchik? How does he know the family? What request does he make to Lyubov repeatedly in Act II?

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

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