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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 Paulina tell Dorn to put back on?
(a) His hat.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His pants.
(d) His shirt.

2. Who does Trigorin say he does not like?
(a) Arkadina.
(b) Dorn.
(c) Fanny.
(d) Himself.

3. What does Trigorin say is all he is fit to describe?
(a) Landscapes.
(b) Peasants.
(c) City life.
(d) People.

4. What does Arkadina say it is a crime for Nina to do?
(a) Hide herself in the countryside.
(b) Marry young.
(c) Marry a no good writer like her son.
(d) Act in such an awful play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nina say it is strange to see a famous actress doing?

2. What does Boris say he loves doing?

3. What does Pauline say she is tortured by?

4. What does Trigorin have to leave to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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