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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does act 1 scene four take place?
(a) Alcalar home.
(b) At the docks.
(c) At the cock fights.
(d) Cigar factory.

2. Which of the following characters was the old lector?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Teodoro.
(d) Eliades.

3. What is the lector's role in a Cuban cigar factory?
(a) To calm the workers.
(b) To educate and inform.
(c) To increse productivity.
(d) To manange the plant.

4. What do Ofelia and her daughters think about the choice of the novel?
(a) They find it fitting.
(b) They dislike it.
(c) They do not think it is appropriate.
(d) They believe it is hurting Chechy.

5. What does the ritual Conchita describes entail?
(a) Boys bringing girls a flower necklace.
(b) Funeral procession.
(c) Girls cutting their hair once a year.
(d) Girls dancing beneath a avacado tree.

6. What does Juan Julian say the difference between the two places boils down to?
(a) Matter of water.
(b) Matter of time.
(c) Matter of light.
(d) Matter of age.

7. Which character clashes with Juan Julian in scene 2?
(a) Teodoro
(b) Chechy.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Ofelia.

8. How does Chechy feel about his role in the factory?
(a) He feels he needs more power.
(b) He feels it is too big.
(c) He feels overwhelmed by it.
(d) He feels useless.

9. How does Chechy feel about his behavior?
(a) Angered.
(b) Proud.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Ashamed.

10. What does Juan Julian tell Conchita Tolstoy understands better than any other writers?
(a) Explains differences.
(b) Describes love.
(c) Relates to others.
(d) Understands humanity.

11. What does Juan Julian suggest Conchita do with her cutting?
(a) Bury it under a tree.
(b) Press it in a book.
(c) Tie it in a special ribbon.
(d) Give it to her husband.

12. Which of the following have Conchita and Palomo lost in their marriage?
(a) Truth.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Communication.
(d) Support.

13. What is Juan Julian doing at the end of act 1?
(a) Planning out the steps involved in the ritual.
(b) Talking to Conchita's husband.
(c) Reading from the book.
(d) Stroking Conchita's hair and kissing her shoulder and lips.

14. Which of the following characters works late at the factory?
(a) Ofelia.
(b) Conchita.
(c) Marela.
(d) Chechy.

15. Which of the following themes figures prominently in the final scene of act 1?
(a) Nature.
(b) Deception.
(c) Love.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who witnesses what goes on between Conchita and Juan Julian?

2. Why does Chechy resent lectors?

3. How long has Teodoro been gone before the play begins?

4. Who do the two characters who are not speaking to each other use to help deliver barbs to each other?

5. What does Juan Julian compare Tampa to?

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