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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. Whom does Natalya suddenly remember at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
2. Whom does Natalya accuse of being "mysterious"?
3. Beliayev mentions that whose birthday is next week?
4. Who is searching for a tutor in Moscow for Kolya?
5. In Act 3, Part 1, Natalya confesses that she is infatuated with which character?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize Natalya's soliloquy at the end of Act 3, Part 3, regarding her immediately preceding conversation with Beliayev.
2. Why does Natalya insist in Act 3, Part 2, that Vera imagine her as a sister?
3. Describe the difference between Rakitin's and Islayev's plans for Rakitin to leave.
4. Why does Natalya suddenly seem to consider Shpigelski's matchmaking possibility at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
5. Why does Natalya insist to Shpigelski that Vera is still a child?
6. Why is Natalya astonished by the thought of her husband at the end of Act 3, Part 1?
7. What does Natalya mean when she tells Rakitin, "Sometimes when we talk together it's exactly as though [...] we were making lace"?
8. In Act 3, Part 3, why does Rakitin beg Islayev and Anna to leave Natalya alone for the moment?
9. Describe the progress of the game that Schaaf, Anna, and Liza are playing.
10. What conclusion does Rakitin draw in Act 4, Part 3, after he inquires about Natalya's decision and Natalya says, "What decision? ... I don't understand"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how Turgenev uses minor characters for comic relief in the play.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Rakitin's willingness to help Shpigelski match Vera and Bolshintsov with his willingness to help Natalya overcome her infatuation with Beliayev.
Essay Topic 3
Contrast Natalya's "cunning" with Beliayev's honesty and straightforward demeanor.
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