Vocabulary
Characters
Plot
Character Connections
Take a Chance
100
Provide the vocabulary word that matches the definition: a happy play with a humorous ending
Comedy
100
Who is Grisha's former tutor?
Peter Trofimov
100
What are the two types of action that are found in Freytag's Plot Pyramid?
rising action and falling action
100
Which couple does Madam Louise encourage to get married at least twice during the play?
Barbara and Lopak
100
What is the purpose of stage directions?
They are instructions for performing a play and include the descriptions of setting, characters, and actions.
200
Provide the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence. At the end of Act III Lopak gives a long ______________________. He speaks to the other characters about the trials and tribulations his family has seen and how proud they would be of him now.
monologue
200
Name both of the footmen in the play.
Yasha, Fiers
200
What is the climax of the play?
Lopak buys the cherry orchard!
200
Why does Madam Louise sell her estate in Mentone?
She is broke and needed the money to take care of her lover.
200
Where does Boris get money to repay all of his debts at the end of the play?
An Englishman finds white clay on his land and pays him for it.
300
Which vocabulary word best fills the blank? The students attempted to understand the book, but it was difficult because they didn’t understand the book’s ________________________.
tone
300
How are Leo, Madam Louise, and Boris related?
They're not. Leo and Madam Louise are siblings. Boris is the neighbor.
300
How much was the orchard sold for at auction?
55,000 roubles
300
Simon loves __________________, but she loves ___________________.
Asha, Yasha
300
At the end of the play: Leo is going to be a ________________, Madam Louise and Yasha are going to ________________, and Anya and Peter are going to ____________________ to ________________.
banker, Paris, Moscow, study
400
Fill in the blanks with the best vocabulary words: I do not ______________________ with Madam Louise. She should have paid her ____________________ on time and should not have been so _____________________ with her money. If she was in trouble she should have started a _____________________ with her financial advisor; he could have taken information from that conversation to fix her plight.
sympathize, mortgage, frivolous, dialogue
400
Name all of the family members of the estate-owning family.
Madam Louise, Leo, Barbara, Anya
400
Madam Louise does not want to lease the orchard because it represents a _________________ symbol and shows how important she is in the societal class of Russia.
status
400
Whose grandfather is a former serf for the cherry orchard?
Lopak's
400
How much money did Leo bring to the auction and where did the money come from?
15,000 roubles. It came from his and Madam Louise's grandmother.
500
Come to the board and accurately draw and label a complete Freytag's Plot Pyramid.
Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
500
Group the characters of the play according to class (Upper, Middle, Servant): Peter, Asha, Anya, Fiers, Barbara, Madam Louise, Yasha, Boris, Leo, Charlotte, Lopak, Simon
Upper: M. Louise, Leo, Anya, Boris (Barbara) Middle: Peter, Lopak Servant: Simon, Asha, Yasha, Fiers, Charlotte
500
Put these events in the correct order as they occur in the play. A. Lopak tells M. Louise that she must lease the estate for villas and tear down the orchard. B. Peter convinces Anya to disregard the orchard. C. M. Louise returns from Paris. D. Fiers dies. E. The orchard is auctioned off. F. Grisha drowns.
F, C, A, B, E, D
500
At the end of the play ____________________ goes to the Ragulins to _____________________________.
Barbara, be a housekeeper.
500
How is the Russian Emancipation relevant to the play's plot structure?
Without the Emancipation, Lopak's family would not have been freed. Without that freedom his father could not have opened his own store and Lopak never would have become a merchant who was able to buy the orchard. Without the Emancipation, the climax of the play would never have occurred.
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