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Uncle Vanya: Scenes From Country Life in Four Acts is an 1898 play by Anton Chekhov, originally written in Russian. In the play, professor Serebrakoff and his wife Helena have come to stay at their country estate, which Vanya manages with the help of Sonya, the professor's daughter from a previous marriage. Chekhov portrays the professor as being unable to adjust to living at the country estate, as is evident when _______
Which quotation from a translation of Uncle Vanya most effectively illustrates the claim?
Professor Serebrakoff says to Helena, "I am used to my library and the lecture hall and to the esteem and admiration of my colleagues. I suddenly find myself plunged into this wilderness [the estate], condemned to see the same stupid people from morning till night and listen to their futile conversations."
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Professor Serebrakoff says, "I am a book-worm and a scholar, and am unfamiliar with practical affairs. I cannot, I find, dispense with the help of well-informed people."
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Vanya says to himself, "Professor Serebrakoff is absolutely unknown, and his fame has burst like a soap-bubble."
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Professor Serebrakoff says to Helena, "Ever since I have been old, I have been hateful to myself, and I am sure, hateful to you all as well."
D