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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sorin say Arkadina should not handle so roughly?
(a) A masterpiece.
(b) Youthful egoism.
(c) Young love.
(d) Youthful sensitivity.

2. What does Treplieff threaten to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Burn his manuscripts.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Marry Masha.

3. Where does Shamraeff rememebr Silva singing?
(a) The Shakespeare Theater.
(b) The Kew Gardens.
(c) The Pavillion.
(d) The Opera House.

4. What animal does Trigorin say he races and dodges like?
(a) A fox.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A snake.
(d) A hedgehog.

5. Which two Russian writers does Trigorin mention?
(a) Turgenev and Tolstoy.
(b) Gogol and Gorky.
(c) Pushkin and Dostoevsky.
(d) Chekov and Bulgakov.

6. What does Sorin say City streets are full of?
(a) Idiots.
(b) Pretty girls.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Cabs.

7. How does Masha describe the air?
(a) Seething.
(b) Violent.
(c) Cool.
(d) Sultry.

8. What does Akadina say she never likes to look into?
(a) Someone's bedroom.
(b) The future.
(c) The past.
(d) A book.

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

10. What is Sorin having an attack of?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Measles.

11. What does Nina say Boris has been spoiled by?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His success.
(d) His fortune.

12. Why does Aradina say she looks so young?
(a) She is always busy.
(b) She loves life.
(c) She eats good food.
(d) She loves men.

13. Who does Sorinn say was unable to sleep during the night?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His nephew.

14. 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.

15. What 1973 play does Shamraeff mention?
(a) Lover's Circus.
(b) Poltava Fair.
(c) People, People.
(d) The Lost Rubees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sorin drink with his dinner?

2. Who does Nina call a genius?

3. What does Trigorin say he is left behind like?

4. What does Paulina do with the flowers that Nina gives Dorn?

5. Who does Nina say writes beautiful stories?

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