10 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. What event marks the beginning of the play, and what has happened to the family one year before?
2. How does Natasha's role in the household change over the course of the play?
3. What is Masha's situation at the start of the play, and what changes for her during the action?
4. What happens to Irina's plan to marry the Baron Tuzenbach?
5. What does Andrei do that damages the family's financial security?
6. What does Olga's promotion to headmistress represent in her life?
7. How does the theme of longing without action appear in the sisters' relationship to Moscow?
8. What does Vershinin's philosophical talk about the future suggest about his character and his relationship with Masha?
9. How does Kulygin respond to Masha's emotional breakdown when Vershinin leaves?
10. What does the ending of the play suggest about the sisters' lives and the passage of time?
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