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A play by this author ends with one character stating that “we shall rest” as the sound (15[1])of a guitar is heard. After the drowning of her 7-year old son, one character in a play by this author tears up multiple telegrams while in Paris. (15[1])In a play by this author, a professor is shot at twice by the title (*) relative after hearing that an estate (10[1])will (10[1])be sold. (10[2])In another play by this author, the servant (10[1])Firs is locked up while Lopakhin’s axes are chopping down the trees (10[1])at Madame Ranevskaya’s title estate. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Russian playwright of Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard. ■END■ (0[2])

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