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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 are the boarders saying is the positive thing about Anna's death?
(a) She is no longer suffering.
(b) It will cost them less money in groceries.
(c) They will have more room.
(d) It will be much quieter for sleeping.

2. What is the name of Anna's husband?
(a) The Baron.
(b) Satine.
(c) Kleshtch.
(d) The Actor.

3. Who says that there is no such thing as a hospital for alcoholism?
(a) Kostilyoff.
(b) The Actor.
(c) Satine.
(d) The Baron.

4. What is in the center of the room of the first set?
(a) Bookshelf.
(b) A water fountain.
(c) Large Russian Stove.
(d) Wooden table and a pair of benches.

5. Who do Pepel and Bubnoff discuss honor and conscience with?
(a) Kleshtch.
(b) Nastya.
(c) Vassilisa.
(d) Natasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act 2?

2. There were two characters that played cards. Which name from the names below name one of the card-playing characters?

3. Who tells Kleshtch that Anna is dead?

4. Who is dying a slow and painful death?

5. Who finds Anna dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nastya admit at the beginning of the fourth act?

2. Where does Luka announce that he is leaving to, and why?

3. What happened to Natasha, Vassilisa, and Pepel at the end of the play?

4. How does the play end for the Actor?

5. What do all the characters relate goodness to?

6. Who sits at a table drinking at the beginning of the fourth act?

7. What does Natasha say in response to Nastya's story?

8. Who vows melodramatically to leave?

9. What is wrong with the Actor?

10. Which character is currently being beaten and abused in Act 1, and by who?

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