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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was born and raised in an aristocratic family?
(a) Chebutykin
(b) Olga
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Andrei

2. Who is gaining weight according to the observations of the other characters in the play?
(a) Masha
(b) Irina
(c) Andrei
(d) Olga

3. Who pours the tea when the samovar arrives?
(a) Natasha
(b) Anfisa
(c) Masha
(d) Olga

4. What game does Irina play when she is sitting by herself at the end of the scene?
(a) Euchre
(b) Rummy
(c) Blackjack
(d) Solitaire

5. What does Masha warn Chebutykin not to do as he has embarrassed himself in the past?
(a) Drink
(b) Joke
(c) Talk
(d) Eat

6. Who thinks it's useless to know so many languages?
(a) Olga
(b) Masha
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Irina

7. Where do Irina and Olga want to be by the fall in terms of their living situation?
(a) Moscow
(b) New York
(c) Chicago
(d) Poland

8. To whom does Andrei propose marriage in the end of the scene, almost spontaneously?
(a) Olga
(b) Anfisa
(c) Irina
(d) Natasha

9. Who has been named secretary to the council run by Protopopov?
(a) Vershinin
(b) Andrei
(c) Chebutykin
(d) Tusenbach

10. Who invites everyone to dinner within this particular scene?
(a) Olga
(b) Irina
(c) Natasha
(d) Masha

11. Masha suggests that which character is not well in the head, which is no surprise to the others or to the reader?
(a) Natasha
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Irina

12. Where does Irina now work as revealed at the start of Act 2?
(a) For the church
(b) Telegraphy Office
(c) She doesn't
(d) Teacher's Council Office

13. Who plays the piano and entertains the others as a result?
(a) Irina
(b) Andrei
(c) Tusenbach
(d) Vershinin

14. Which sister works at the school with the answer to #37?
(a) Anfisa
(b) Olga
(c) Masha
(d) Natasha

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces they're staying to lunch when the arrival of another character occurs?

2. Natasha wonders if the mismatching clothes are some sort of __________.

3. Who whistles quietly to herself as she reads during the opening part of the play?

4. Who does Tusenbach feel sorry for, as he seems to change moods depending on who he is with?

5. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

(see the answer keys)

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