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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. Who makes the comment that all children should be cooked and eaten?
(a) Tusenbach
(b) Andrei
(c) Solyony
(d) Natasha

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

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

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

5. Who tells the other characters that the maskers will be there soon?
(a) Natasha
(b) Irina
(c) Andrei
(d) Olga

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Irina some crayons to play with, making her feel again like she is treated like a child?

2. Whose Saint's Day is it when the play begins, causing her to be the central focus of the scene at first?

3. Who says that while he has a German name, he is truly Russian at heart?

4. Who has resigned from the military and this is revealed to Masha by that character?

5. Who gambles again with Andrei and causes him to lose money in the process?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of Irina's complaints to Olga when Olga arrives in the scene?

2. What is the big news that is revealed in this scene's opening?

3. What does Tusenbach tell Irina to ask the servants to do?

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

5. What is Andrei's dream, according to him?

6. Why is Natasha embarrassed when she sees Solyony?

7. Who believes that life ultimately has no meaning?

8. Where is the entire military contingent being posted?

9. What does Irina do in response to the action of #13?

10. What does Olga suggest Irina do in order to regain some happiness in her life?

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