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

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

3. To whom does Vershinin tell the story of the prisoner who did not notice the beauty of bird song until he was incarcerated?
(a) Olga
(b) Masha
(c) Natasha
(d) Irina

4. Who is responsible for the answer to #24?
(a) The police
(b) Andrei
(c) Chebutykin
(d) The army

5. Who has come to the sisters' house with a message from the council?
(a) Ferapont
(b) Chebutykin
(c) Andrei
(d) Vershinin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes tearful by how old Vershinin looks?

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

3. Who believes it is a shame that youth passes during the discuss of how time passes and what changes can occur?

4. Where do Irina and Olga want to be by the fall in terms of their living situation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the sisters' mother buried?

2. What does Andrei do in the background throughout the scene?

3. Where is the entire military contingent being posted?

4. Who believes that life ultimately has no meaning?

5. Name the Prozoroff sisters.

6. What is the new job Tusenbach reveals he will start soon?

7. What is the rumor that is bothering Irina?

8. Why doesn't Natasha want the maskers to come?

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

10. What does Masha sarcastically comment when Natasha enters the room with a candle?

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