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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. As Natalya states in Act 2, Part 2, "there's nothing more depressing than gloomy" what?

2. What friend has been writing to Vera, hoping that she'll write back?

3. Who wins the game definitively in Act 1, Part 2?

4. Whom does Natalya accuse of being "mysterious"?

5. What do Natalya's relatives call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Natalya and Rakitin resolve to "educate" Beliayev?

2. Why does Katya insist that Beliayev take all her raspberries?

3. Why is Natalya astonished by the thought of her husband at the end of Act 3, Part 1?

4. Why does Vera decide to marry Bolshintsov?

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

6. What is the plan that Rakitin and Beliayev have devised for leaving Natalya's household?

7. Summarize Beliayev's response to Natalya's revelation that Vera is in love with him.

8. Why does Natalya say to Rakitin, "It's wrong to put one's life in chains"? What does she mean?

9. For what does Natalya ask Rakitin's help in Act 3, Part 1? How does Rakitin respond?

10. According to his soliloquy in Act 4, Part 2, what does Beliayev think about the events that have transpired with Natalya and Vera?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Islayev and Anna are so upset and confused when they see Natalya crying with Rakitin.

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail how Natalya's fickleness regarding Bolshintsov and Vera affects the course of events.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the significance of Katya and Anna in propelling the plot forward.

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