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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vera suggest that Beliayev call her?
(a) Vera Natalyova.
(b) Verochka.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Verushka.

2. Which name below is the name of one of the suitors in Shpigelski's story in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Perekuzov.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Karamazov.
(d) Goethe.

3. Which character does Shpigelski call grandmother?
(a) Vera.
(b) Anna.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Beliayev.

4. Who is Schaaf's partner in the card game?
(a) Liza.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Katya.
(d) Anna.

5. According to Shpigelski, which character is "straight from the Golden Age of Innocence"?
(a) Matvey.
(b) Vera.
(c) Bolshintsov.
(d) Liza.

6. How far is it from Bolshintsov's village to Natalya's house?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 400 yards.

7. Whom does Natalya call "Mr. Detective"?
(a) Schaaf.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Rakitin.

8. In Act 2, Part 1, who reports having burst into tears unexpectedly?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Vera.
(d) Islayev.

9. Whom does Rakitin call "our unspoiled youth" in his soliloquy in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Matvey.
(b) Kolya.
(c) Beliayev.
(d) Vera.

10. Who teaches Kolya's piano lesson?
(a) Beliayev.
(b) Schaaf.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Liza.

11. How old is Vera?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fifteen.

12. What does Natalya like about Shpigelski?
(a) His appreciation for fine food.
(b) His sharp wit.
(c) His physique.
(d) His upbringing.

13. Which character claims to be a "practical sort of person"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Islayev.

14. How much money does the loser owe the winner of the game in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) 150 kopecks.
(b) 70 kopecks.
(c) 20 kopecks.
(d) 40 kopecks.

15. What is Shpigelski going to receive in return for matchmaking?
(a) Cows.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Money.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Natalya call "that village Talleyrand"?

2. In Act 1, Part 1, Rakitin states that Natalya is like what kind of animal?

3. Which character says the first line in Act 3?

4. Which character says to Natalya, "Each of us is a closed book, that's true"?

5. How did Beliayev translate "quatre-vingt-dix"?

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