The Seagull Study Guide

1. What is the first line of the play?

• What are you wearing?
• When does the play start?
• I wish they'd hurry up
• Why do you always wear black?

2. Who always wears black?

• Medvedenko
• Konstantin
• Masha
• Arkadina

3. Why does Masha wear what she wears?

• She's recently been widowed.
• She hates clothes.
• She's dressed for the theatre.
• She's in mourning for her life.

4. Which character is in love with Masha?

• Nina
• Medvedenko
• Konstantin
• Sorin

5. Who is paid only 23 rubles a month?

• Medvedenko
• Konstantin
• Masha
• Trigorin

6. Which character takes snuff?

• Nina
• Konstantin
• Masha
• Arkadina

7. What is the weather like in the first act?

• Raining
• So close - it will be a storm
• A very light breeze
• Sunny

8. Who keeps asking Masha to have her father's dog let loose?

• Medvedenko
• Konstantin
• Arkadina
• Sorin

9. Where does Yakov go, just before the play is due to start?

• For a sleep
• To look for Nina
• For a swim
• Shopping

10. How does Konstantin think of his improvised stage?

• No curtain, no wings, just space.
• Curtain at the front, only an empty space beyond.
• A thrust space, revolutionising use of the audience.
• A darkened room, downstairs in Sorin's house.