The Darling Quizzes

The Darling Quiz 1

1 What is Olenka's real first name?
Oleg

Olga

Olenka

Podlankha
2 Where does Kikun get detained?
Kiev

Malta

Moscow

St. Petersburg
3 What business is Pustolatov in?
Theatre

Sea trading

Gold

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

The roof

Her father's chair

The garden
5 What name does Olenka use to refer to Sasha?
Sashenka

Smirnin

Sasha

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

The church

The post office

The theatre
7 What was Chekhov's other career, besides writing?
Doctor

Priest

Publisher

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

Tuberculosis

Syphilis

Rheumatism
9 What is the name of Kikun's theater?
The Tivoli

The Globe Theatre

The Old Vic

The Tuscan
10 What object co we watch Olenka have no opinions about?
Her father's chair

The garden

A piece of bread

A bottle
11 Where do Olenka and Pustolatov meet?
At Kikun's funeral

At her home

At the market

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

It is in the wrong language

There are misspellings

It's in Kikun's handwriting
13 What is Smirnin's occupation?
Merchant

Veterinary surgeon

Bar owner

Anesthesiologist
14 What is the name of Olenka's cook?
Mavra

Anton

Harkov

Sasha
15 What famous director put on important productions of Chekhov's work?
Jerzy Grotowski

Konstantin Stanislavski

Orson Welles

Julie Taymor
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?
Actors acting

People clapping

Fireworks

The theatre collapsing
18 Which of the following is a play put on at the Tivoli?
Orpheus in Hell

The Seagull

Faust

Lysistrata
19 How did Olenka obtain her house?
Left by a stranger

Bought by herself

Inherited from her father

Bought by Pustolatov
20 How does Olenka meet Kikun?
Introduced by a matchmaker

He's lodging at her house

While working at the theater

After attending a play
21 Which of the following characters does not die in the story?
Olenka's father

Pustolatov

Smirnin

Kikun
22 Where does Smirnin's wife disappear to later in the story?
Siberia

Moscow

Harkov

Kiev
23 What was the first type of literature Chekhov wrote early in his career?
Satirical shorts

Plays

Realist shorts

Journalistic work
24 What writer admired Chekhov's lack of beginning, middle, and end in his stories?
James Joyce

Vladmir Nabakov

Margaret Atwood

Leo Tolstoy
25 What sort of epidemic did Chekhov help treat outside of Moscow?
Tuburculosis

Measles

Cholera

Influenza

Evaluate the character of Olga to discuss the theme of co-dependency, love and identity in Anton Chekhov's "The Darling".

Identity:

Olenka, the titular "darling," has no identity outside of the men she loves. Her opinions, personality, and actions are entirely dictated by the interests of her current husband. In her first marriage, Olenka spends all her time at the...

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What are the names of the two Pustovalovs?

Vasily Andreyich and Olenka Pustovalov

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Tones

"What's the use of these theatres?"

(Situational Irony) Olenka retorts with this line when a friend suggests to her that she and Pustovalov should go to the theater to take a break from Pustovalov's business. When Kikun was still alive, all...

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The Darling

by Anton Chekhov

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