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

2. Who does Masha joke is starting to look like a boy?
(a) Irina
(b) Olga
(c) Andrei
(d) Natasha

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Irina play when she is sitting by herself at the end of the scene?

2. Which of the women in the play describes herself as a little white bird?

3. What does Vershinin learn from the note he receives?

4. Who makes the comment that all children should be cooked and eaten?

5. Who died exactly a year ago to the day on this Saint's Day, according to the sisters and their memories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who seems to be going out, as indicated by their style of dress in the opening of this scene?

2. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

3. Who are now married and have a child together?

4. What does Anfisa announce when she arrives at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

5. What are the sisters celebrating when the play begins?

6. When Tusenbach says he knows Irina does not love him, how does she respond?

7. Where is the entire military contingent being posted?

8. What is Natasha worried about in relation to Sophie?

9. What does Natasha chatter about when she comes into this scene?

10. What is the rumor that is bothering Irina?

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