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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Anna believe to be "too trusting"?
(a) Bolshintsov.
(b) Natalya.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Beliayev.

2. Who is described in Act 3, Part 3, as "an honest man"?
(a) Bolshintsov.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Beliayev.

3. Natalya is very happy with the way Beliayev has treated which character?
(a) Katya.
(b) Natalya herself.
(c) Vera.
(d) Kolya.

4. What caused Natalya and Beliayev not to be friends previously?
(a) Beliayev's childish behavior.
(b) Their difference in socioeconomic class.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Natalya's aloofness.

5. Natalya insists in Act 3, Part 3, that Rakitin say nothing about her to whom?
(a) Anna.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Islayev.
(d) Shpigelski.

6. What does Natalya order Vera to do in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Marry Bolshintsov.
(b) Sing.
(c) Marry Beliayev.
(d) Laugh.

7. After Islayev finds Natalya crying to Rakitin, Natalya states that she and Rakitin are behaving like what?
(a) Lunatics.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Children.

8. In Act 3, Part 3, Rakitin promises to tell Islayev everything within how much time?
(a) Two hours.
(b) One week.
(c) One day.
(d) One month.

9. Which character exits at the end of Act 4, Part 2?
(a) Katya.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Vera.

10. Which character sends Beliayev in to Natalya for dismissal?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Schaaf.
(d) Vera.

11. Who does Shpigelski state is "soft putty"?
(a) Natalya.
(b) A cook.
(c) A wife.
(d) A doorman.

12. As Shpigelski states, "too much knowledge bringeth" what?
(a) "Tears."
(b) "Feeble old age."
(c) "Bankruptcy."
(d) "Gray hairs."

13. What is the setting of Act 4, Part 1?
(a) Natalya's sitting room.
(b) The library.
(c) A room overlooking the garden.
(d) The kitchen.

14. Natalya states that she is firing Beliayev on the basis of whose testimony?
(a) Matvey's.
(b) Vera's.
(c) Islayev's.
(d) Kolya's.

15. Which character is scared of Natalya?
(a) Liza.
(b) Beliayev.
(c) Vera.
(d) Rakitin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has a flower pinned to his suit in Act 5, Part 1?

2. How old is Liza?

3. Who describes himself as a "ladykiller"?

4. In Act 4, Part 2, what does Beliayev give Katya?

5. For whom is Katya waiting in the beginning of Act 4, Part 1?

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