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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Masha say has gone to sleep?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her shoulder.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her arm.

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

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

4. Which character does Arkadina say is a celebrity?
(a) Simon.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Peter.
(d) Boris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boris say he loves doing?

2. Where does Arkadina say she would be rather sitting alone?

3. Which of the following animals does Nina not mention in her monologue?

4. What does Trigorin say makes him happy?

5. How does Masha describe the air?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people in the group talk about as they wait for the play to start?

2. Why does Madame Arkadina want to return to the city?

3. How does Illya react to Madame Arkadina's outburst?

4. Why are Masha and Simon looking for Constantine?

5. Why does Madame Arkadina not want to stay at the estate?

6. Why does Masha want to marry Simon?

7. What does Constantine say is the reason for his bad mood?

8. How does Madame Arkadina complement Nina?

9. How does Boris try to extinguish bad feelings between himself and Constantine?

10. Why does Madame Arkadina say she cannot give her son money to travel?

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