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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Pepel feel about Luka?
2. Who is dying a slow and painful death?
3. Who says that there is no such thing as a hospital for alcoholism?
4. What is the setting for Act 2?
5. Who is a vendor of baked meat pies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is missing from the set, or the boardinghouse, in the fourth act?
2. What are the positives and negatives that the boarders talk about regarding Anna's death?
3. Who does Kleshtch tell to sweep the floor and what is the other character's response?
4. What is Luka's first story about?
5. Who sits at a table drinking at the beginning of the fourth act?
6. What new information does Luka give the Actor about alcoholism?
7. What quote does Kleshtch give regarding Luka?
8. What business proposal does Vassilisa present to Pepel?
9. What does Pepel profess to Natasha?
10. What does Luka do when Vassilisa demands that he leave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tell about the situation at the beginning of the third act when Nastya is telling her love story. Why do you think Nastya keeps telling this same story repeatedly? Why do Bubnoff and the Baron ridicule her about her story? Who sticks up for Nastya?
Essay Topic 2
There is a conversation about class distinctions in the first act. Compare and contrast what each of the characters' stances on these two points are.
Essay Topic 3
Write about the newfound hope that Luka gives the Actor. What does Luka tell him about? Is the Actor interested? What important detail does Luka leave out?
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