The Cherry Orchard Study Guide

1. Who sends Madame Ranevsky telegrams?

• Her great-aunt
• Her creditors
• Her lover
• Her grandmother

2. Lopakhin's speech on the sale of the cherry orchard is an example of what?

• Satire
• Soliloquy.
• Sarcasm
• Indirect action

3. Gayef play billiards when:

• On Sundays
• He is embarrassed
• He has to work
• He needs to relax

4. Trophimof does not accept Lopakhin's money because:

• He is wealthy himself
• He thinks it is insulting
• He prefers to live as a free man, beholden to none
• He is too ashamed

5. The character who demonstrates the theme of isolation is:

• Charlotte
• Pishtchik
• Anya
• Dunyasha

6. Yasha is cooperative with Madame Ranevsky because:

• He is using her
• She is his aunt
• His mother wants him to be
• He respects her

7. The two characters in the play with debts are:

• Yasha and Barbara
• Lopakhin and Madame Ranevsky
• Firs and Ephikhodof
• Madame Ranevsky and Pishtchik

8. Madame Ranevsky believes the cherry orchard will be saved because:

• Lopakhin will marry Barbara
• Her lover will send money
• Pishtchik will give her money
• Her great aunt will send money

9. One sign that Lopakhin was not born wealthy is his:

• Social life
• Penmanship
• Poverty
• Clothing

10. At the end of the play, Gayef:

• Buys the cherry orchard
• Gets a job
• Goes to Paris
• Falls in love