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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen at 8.30 pm?
(a) The play will finish.
(b) Dinner will be served.
(c) The guests will arrive.
(d) The play will start.

2. What Shakespeare play does Arkandina quote from?
(a) Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) The Merchant of Venice.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Hamlet.

3. What does Treplieff say frightens his mother to death?
(a) The magazines.
(b) The theater.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) The cinema.

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

5. What does Arkadina say it is Nina's duty to do?
(a) Direct a play.
(b) Marry her son.
(c) Go on stage.
(d) Start a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Treplieff not want to be late?

2. What does Aradina smoke?

3. What does Sorin use to walk?

4. What does Boris say he loves doing?

5. What does Sorin say Arkadina should not handle so roughly?

(see the answer key)

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