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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is NOT one of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Natasha
(b) Masha
(c) Olga
(d) Irina

2. What is the last name of the three sisters who are the title characters of this play?
(a) Prozoroff
(b) Prozokoff
(c) Pranatoff
(d) Protokovo

3. What is heard as the characters are speaking during this second part of the Act 1?
(a) A violin
(b) A siren
(c) An air raid horn
(d) A knock at the door

4. At what age did Masha marry Kulygin, according to the play?
(a) 18
(b) 22
(c) 14
(d) 16

5. Who mentions his wife and daughters at the end of the scene?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Andrei
(c) Vershinin
(d) Chebutykin

6. When Irina turns down the book, to whom is the book next given?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Vershinin
(c) Olga
(d) Masha

7. To whom does Irina comment about Masha's bad mood?
(a) Andrei
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Vershinin
(d) Tusenbach

8. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Masha

9. Who says again that life will never change when they are discussing the idea of what will be in 200 years?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Vershinin
(c) Andrei
(d) Chebutykin

10. Who have the sisters been teasing for being in love with a girl who is engaged?
(a) Solyony
(b) Andrei
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Vershinin

11. Who suggests they imagine what like will be like in 200 years?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Andrei

12. Which of the women in the play describes herself as a little white bird?
(a) Olga
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Masha

13. Who says she comes from a family that has always despised work?
(a) Masha
(b) Olga
(c) Natasha
(d) Irina

14. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?
(a) The sister's grandfather
(b) The sisters' father
(c) The sisters' mother
(d) Andrei's brother

15. Which one of these characters is the Chairman of the District Council?
(a) Andrei
(b) Protopopov
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Chebutykin

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are sitting at the table when the dinner is ready to be served?

2. What is the gift that arrives for the sisters from the answer to #16?

3. From what country or city is Vershinin from?

4. Kulygin is glad that _________ loves him and he continues to say this throughout the play.

5. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

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