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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vanya complains that ever since ___________ and his wife arrived, the schedule has not be right around the house.
(a) Astrov.
(b) Anton.
(c) Professor.
(d) Telegin.

2. Who asks Telegin to begin playing music, though he is quickly told not to by another character?
(a) Yelena.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Vanya.
(d) Astrov.

3. What does the Professor wonder aloud as he is waking up and talking to Yelena?
(a) Why she loves him.
(b) Why he can not move.
(c) Why he is so old.
(d) Why he is short of breath.

4. Where is the beginning of Act Two set as the play opens again?
(a) Outside.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The office.

5. Sonya sends Marina off to deal with some of the _____________.
(a) Other servants.
(b) The salespeople.
(c) Workers.
(d) Other men.

6. A workman enters the scene and asks for _________ as they need him at the factory.
(a) Telegin.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Astrov.
(d) Vanya.

7. What does Astrov ask the worker to fetch for him before they head out the door?
(a) A hot dinner.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tea.

8. Vanya says that he is so __________ with himself for not making more of his life.
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Depressed.

9. Who makes an exclamation which keeps Telegin and Sonya stay outside?
(a) Astrov.
(b) Vanya.
(c) Maria.
(d) Marina.

10. Astrov talks about whether people of today will be remembered, and Marina says that _______ will remember.
(a) She.
(b) No one.
(c) God.
(d) He.

11. What do Yelena and Sonya share together as a way to celebrate their new friendship?
(a) Bread.
(b) Tea.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Wine.

12. ________ tells the Professor to stop being so difficult at this point of the play.
(a) Maria.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Yelena.
(d) Astrov.

13. What does Maria say that Vanya used to have, but does not have anymore - and Vanya agrees with her?
(a) A smile.
(b) A gun.
(c) Convictions.
(d) A purpose.

14. Who comes in to open the window and let in the fresh air that blows after the storm?
(a) Vanya.
(b) Yelena.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Telegin.

15. What is the relationship of Telegin to Sonya during the course of this play?
(a) Spouse.
(b) Father.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vanya thinks the Professor writes books about _________ without knowing anything about it.

2. ________ could have proposed marriage to Yelena before she met her current husband, though he did not.

3. _________ complains about how there is nothing else to talk about, nothing new to talk about.

4. _________ admits that he is a vile man, even more so when he is drunk.

5. What happened to the other man that Telegin's wife was seeing at one point?

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