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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom Daley doing in the living room?
(a) Examining the guns.
(b) Pouring a drink.
(c) Smoking a cigar.
(d) Petting the dog.

2. Tom tells George that he saw a woman that they __________________________.
(a) Took to the prom in different years.
(b) Voted Homecoming Queen in senior year.
(c) Sexually assaulted as freshmen.
(d) Voted most likely to succeed.

3. How is the room furnished?
(a) Old dusty furnishings.
(b) Cottage chic.
(c) Nothing in it.
(d) Minimalist styling.

4. Tom has missed how many of the team reunions?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What was Scranton's primary industry?
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Coal.
(c) Iron.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an issue in George's bid for re-election?

2. Which of the following is not seen in the room?

3. Who does Tom intend to appoint as Superintendent of Schools?

4. What does the coach suggest that James needed more of in his diet?

5. Tom says that ____________________ doesn't feel right without Martin.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men reconcile by the end of the play?

2. How does the author use Tom's character as a humorous release from the tense situation in the room?

3. What is Phil's opinion of George's chances of winning the election?

4. Who are the first two characters to be introduced in the play?

5. What is the symbolism of George's vomiting in the championship trophy?

6. What theory does James have for why George's wife may have started an affair with Phil?

7. How do the men show that their relationships with others are based primarily in obligation, not love?

8. How does Act 2 begin?

9. How do Coach and Phil seem to be especially tied to the past?

10. What is the irony of Coach's persona of always playing by the rules?

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