The Darling Quizzes

The Darling Quiz 1

1 What is Olenka's real first name?
Podlankha

Olga

Olenka

Oleg
2 Where does Kikun get detained?
Kiev

Moscow

Malta

St. Petersburg
3 What business is Pustolatov in?
Theatre

Gold

Sea trading

Timber
4 What part of Olenka's house is associated with her emotional state?
The garden

The stoop

Her father's chair

The roof
5 What name does Olenka use to refer to Sasha?
Vassitchka

Sashenka

Sasha

Smirnin
6 Where do we see Olenka telling someone about how the town needs a veterinarian?
The theatre

The market

The post office

The church
7 What was Chekhov's other career, besides writing?
Priest

Merchant

Publisher

Doctor
8 What disease did Chekhov have for much of his adult life?
Diabetes

Rheumatism

Syphilis

Tuberculosis
9 What is the name of Kikun's theater?
The Old Vic

The Tuscan

The Globe Theatre

The Tivoli
10 What object co we watch Olenka have no opinions about?
A piece of bread

A bottle

The garden

Her father's chair
11 Where do Olenka and Pustolatov meet?
At Kikun's funeral

Outside church

At the market

At her home
12 What is strange about the note Olenka receives announcing Kikun's death?
There's a weird stain on it

There are misspellings

It's in Kikun's handwriting

It is in the wrong language
13 What is Smirnin's occupation?
Bar owner

Anesthesiologist

Veterinary surgeon

Merchant
14 What is the name of Olenka's cook?
Sasha

Anton

Mavra

Harkov
15 What famous director put on important productions of Chekhov's work?
Konstantin Stanislavski

Julie Taymor

Orson Welles

Jerzy Grotowski
16 Who calls Olenka "darling"?
Women on the street

Sasha

Men on the street

Kikun
17 What sound from the theatre does Olenka hear at home?
Fireworks

Actors acting

The theatre collapsing

People clapping
18 Which of the following is a play put on at the Tivoli?
Orpheus in Hell

Faust

Lysistrata

The Seagull
19 How did Olenka obtain her house?
Inherited from her father

Bought by herself

Bought by Pustolatov

Left by a stranger
20 How does Olenka meet Kikun?
He's lodging at her house

After attending a play

While working at the theater

Introduced by a matchmaker
21 Which of the following characters does not die in the story?
Smirnin

Kikun

Pustolatov

Olenka's father
22 Where does Smirnin's wife disappear to later in the story?
Kiev

Siberia

Harkov

Moscow
23 What was the first type of literature Chekhov wrote early in his career?
Journalistic work

Realist shorts

Plays

Satirical shorts
24 What writer admired Chekhov's lack of beginning, middle, and end in his stories?
Vladmir Nabakov

Leo Tolstoy

Margaret Atwood

James Joyce
25 What sort of epidemic did Chekhov help treat outside of Moscow?
Measles

Influenza

Cholera

Tuburculosis

Pustolatov is a lumber merchant.

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