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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trigorin say makes him happy?
(a) His mother phoning him.
(b) Critics praising him.
(c) Finishing a novel.
(d) Children singing.

2. What does Treplieff say he would be if his mother was an ordinary woman?
(a) A rounded man.
(b) A serious man.
(c) A lucky man.
(d) A happier man.

3. What would Nina devote her whole life to if she was a writer?
(a) The rights of women.
(b) The truth.
(c) Science.
(d) The Russian people.

4. What does Trigorin say he is left behind like?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A crow.
(d) A soldier.

5. Who does Nina call a genius?
(a) Sorin.
(b) Dorn.
(c) Trigorin.
(d) Treplieff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1973 play does Shamraeff mention?

2. What does Treplieff say a woman can never forgive?

3. What is Nina seated upon?

4. What is Dorn's job?

5. What is Sorin having an attack of?

(see the answer key)

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