The Cherry Orchard Quizzes

The Cherry Orchard Quiz 1

By Sarah Kenney · Edited by Laura Moon Kim · Last reviewed November 17, 2005

1 Who sends Madame Ranevsky telegrams?

Her grandmother

Her creditors

Her lover

Her great-aunt
2 Lopakhin's speech on the sale of the cherry orchard is an example of what?

Satire

Sarcasm

Indirect action

Soliloquy.
3 Gayef play billiards when:

He is embarrassed

He needs to relax

On Sundays

He has to work
4 Trophimof does not accept Lopakhin's money because:

He thinks it is insulting

He prefers to live as a free man, beholden to none

He is wealthy himself

He is too ashamed
5 The character who demonstrates the theme of isolation is:

Anya

Pishtchik

Charlotte

Dunyasha
6 Yasha is cooperative with Madame Ranevsky because:

She is his aunt

He is using her

He respects her

His mother wants him to be
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:

Her lover will send money

Her great aunt will send money

Lopakhin will marry Barbara

Pishtchik will give her money
9 One sign that Lopakhin was not born wealthy is his:

Penmanship

Clothing

Social life

Poverty
10 At the end of the play, Gayef:

Goes to Paris

Buys the cherry orchard

Gets a job

Falls in love
11 Firs was born:

A serf

A free man

A noble

A slave
12 Two characters with new jobs at the end of the play are:

Yasha and Gayef

Firs and Trophimof

Barbara and Ephikhodof

Madame Ranevsky and Anya
13 Madame Ranevsky went to Paris because:

She came into some money

Her husband and son died

Anya wanted to

Russia was bad for her health
14 Dunyasha is proposed to by:

Ephikhodof

Yasha

Lopakhin

Gayef
15 The historical development which most effects this play is:

The Russian Liberation

Napoleon

Electricity

The railroad
16 What do Lopakhin and Firs have in common?

They were both born serfs

They both dislike Barbara

They both advise Madame Ranevsky to sell the cherry orchard

They both work on the cherry orchard
17 What advice does Trophimof give Lopakhin?

To avoid bragging

To propose to Barbara

To buy the cherry orchard

To travel abroad
18 Who does Ephikhodof work for at the end of the play?

Lopakhin

Madame Ranevsky

Gayef

Pishtchik
19 Who is an orphan?

Charlotte

Pishtchik

Firs

Yasha
20 What prop does Barbara carry?

A key ring

A fan

A Bible

A mirror
21 Who is the most unsympathetic character in the play?

Dunyasha

Yasha

Anya

Firs
22 Which character is left behind?

Lopakhin

Gayef

Firs

Charlotte
23 What is Lopakhin's advice to Madame Ranevsky?

Return to Paris

Build villas for lease

Sell the cherry orchard to him

Borrow money to pay the mortgage
24 Over how much time does the play stretch?

One month

Two days

Five months

Five years
25 What is Trophimof's profession?

A servant

A banker

A priest

A student

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