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Chekhov Stories
Anton Chekhov
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The Lady with the Dog
In the Ravine
On Official Duty (On Official Business)
The Black Monk
The Night Before Easter
The Grasshopper
The Darling
Gooseberries
Agafya
My Life (The Story of a Provincial)
Ward No. six
Steppe (The Story of a Journey)
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Dmitri Gurov
Olga Plemyannikov
Andrei Kovrin
Olga Dymov
Dr. Andrei Rabin
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The Lady with the Dog
In the Ravine
On Official Duty (On Official Business)
The Black Monk
The Night Before Easter
The Grasshopper
The Darling
Gooseberries
Agafya
My Life (The Story of a Provincial)
Ward No. six
Steppe (The Story of a Journey)
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The Darling Quiz
Further Study
The Darling Quiz
1
of 5
Who does Olga fall in love with at the beginning of the story?
Pustovalov
Kukin
Smirnin
Sasha
2
of 5
What does Kukin worry will ruin his theater business?
Olga's interior alterations
The constant rain
Bad actors
A new theater
3
of 5
Where does Olga work for her second husband, Vasily Pustolov?
A theater
A campground
A law office
A timber yard
4
of 5
Just after the death of Pustolov, who does Olga share her home with?
Smirnin
Her cat
No one
Kukin
5
of 5
How does Sasha respond to Olga's love for him?
He runs away
He is appreciative
He feels smothered
He obsesses over her
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