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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 does Beliayev intend to shoot in the garden?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A woodchuck.
(d) A bird.

2. How old is Beliayev?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Eighteen.

3. Which female character takes snuff?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Anna.
(c) Liza.
(d) Vera.

4. Who initially brings up the possibility of Vera getting married?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Katya.

5. According to Schaaf, what is the "thief of time"?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Procrastination.
(c) Work.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katya picking in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What time is dinnertime in Natalya's household?

3. To whom does Shpigelski prescribe "little white pills"?

4. Whom does Rakitin call a "stupid, fat, lumbering man"?

5. How many serfs does Bolshintsov have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rakitin mention Beliayev's new coat in Act 5, Part 2?

2. In Act 1, Part 2, how does Shpigelski respond to the question, "How are you?"

3. Why does Natalya insist in Act 3, Part 2, that Vera imagine her as a sister?

4. What does Natalya mean when she tells Rakitin, "Sometimes when we talk together it's exactly as though [...] we were making lace"?

5. According to Act 2, Part 1, why do Vera and Beliayev get along so well? Explain.

6. Why does Natalya send Vera away so suddenly in Act 3, Part 2?

7. Describe the relationship between Natalya and Rakitin, as it stands in Act 1, Part 2.

8. Summarize Natalya's soliloquy at the end of Act 3, Part 3, regarding her immediately preceding conversation with Beliayev.

9. Why does Shpigelski pretend to be witty and cheerful around his patients?

10. Describe the difference between Rakitin's and Islayev's plans for Rakitin to leave.

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