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The Seagull

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Analysis of Major Characters

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The Seagull

Anton Chekhov

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Who owns the estate where the play takes place?

(A) Arkadina

(B) Trigorin

(C) The government

(D) Sorin

Medvedenko is in love with whom?

(A) Masha

(B) Paulina

(C) Nina

(D) Arkadina

Who stars in Treplev's play?

(A) Himself

(B) Nina

(C) His mother

(D) Medvedenko

Who are the only characters who appreciate the merit of Treplev's play?

(A) Arkadina and Trigorin

(B) Nina and Trigorin

(C) Arkadina and Sorin

(D) Sorin and Dorn

Which set of characters comprise a love triangle in The Seagull?

(A) Paulina, Sorin, and Trigorin

(B) Treplev, Nina, and Trigorin

(C) Dorn, Masha, Shamrayev

(D) Treplev, Nina, Sorin

Which of the following characteristics best describe Arkadina?

(A) Loving and generous

(B) Young and talented

(C) Selfish and competitive

(D) Nurturing and encouraging

What does Nina yearn to become?

(A) An actress

(B) A writer

(C) married

(D) A painter

What makes Nina's gift to Trigorin special?

(A) It's made of gold

(B) It's heart-shaped

(C) It's inscribed with a line of his writing

(D) It's inscribed with her initials

What is Trigorin's favorite hobby?

(A) Fishing

(B) Skiing

(C) Tennis

(D) Bird-watching

Arkadina and Treplev taunt each other with lines from what play?

(A) Oklahoma

(B) Death of a Salesman

(C) Hamlet

(D) Julius Caesar

In what decade does The Seagull take place?

(A) 1810's

(B) 1910's

(C) 1860's

(D) 1890's

Treplev and Masha are both what?

(A) artists

(B) content

(C) jovial

(D) depressed

What happens to Nina and Trigorin's baby?

(A) It dies

(B) They put it up for adoption

(C) Arkadina raises the child as her own

(D) Nina dies in childbirth

Trigorin has an affair with Nina because

(A) He is tired of Arkadina

(B) He wants to marry her

(C) She could take him to America

(D) He thinks he missed out on the joys of youth

Who does Masha marry?

(A) Medvedenko

(B) Treplev

(C) Sorin

(D) No one

Paulina feels what emotion for her husband, Shamrayev?

(A) love

(B) pity

(C) embarrassment

(D) jealousy

Which character is a doctor like the author, Chekhov?

(A) Sorin

(B) Shamrayev

(C) Dorn

(D) Nina's father

Who shoots the Seagull?

(A) Nina

(B) Treplev

(C) Trigorin

(D) Medvedenko

How much does Arkadina tip the servants?

(A) A ruble to split between them

(B) A thousand rubles

(C) A hundred rubles

(D) Nothing

What happens at the end of the play?

(A) Trigorin asks Nina to take him back

(B) Arkadina kills Nina

(C) Treplev kills himself

(D) Nina returns to marry Treplev

Trigorin is a famous

(A) Actor

(B) Journalist

(C) Painter

(D) Writer

Treplev wants to create new forms in what medium?

(A) Painting

(B) Theater and writing

(C) Government

(D) Acting

Dorn pretends the gunshot is what?

(A) The wind

(B) A balloon

(C) A dropped dish

(D) An exploded medicine bottle

Who of the following ends up with the person he/she loves?

(A) Arkadina

(B) Nina

(C) Treplev

(D) Masha

What happens to the seagull?

(A) Treplev buries it in the ground

(B) Shamrayev has it stuffed for Trigorin

(C) Nina keeps it as a souvenir

(D) It flies away

What do Arkadina and Shamrayev argue about?

(A) The use of the kitchen

(B) The use of the horses

(C) How famous she is

(D) The salary of the servants

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