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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. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?
(a) A psychic.
(b) An eccentric.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A teacher.

2. How did Artie's father feel about her having tutors?
(a) He was against it.
(b) He was all for it.
(c) He was indifferent about it.
(d) He felt she was not learning anything from them.

3. How does Artie teach her daughter?
(a) By making her do pages of math problems.
(b) By having her use words in a sentence to show that she knows what they mean.
(c) By quizzing her constantly on how to spell words.
(d) By talking about stories she has read.

4. Why does Dorothea marry her husband?
(a) She is forced into the marriage by her father.
(b) Dorothea wants to have children.
(c) Dorothea loves him.
(d) Dorothea marries him for money.

5. When Artie is _______________ she becomes pregnant.
(a) 16
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorothea's reaction to Artie's pregnancy?

2. How concerned is Artie about her fear?

3. At what point in scene 3 does the audience lose sympathy for Dorothea?

4. Who first taught Echo to love words?

5. What great skill does Echo have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the purpose of this scene 3 is?

2. How does Dorothea force her value of education over motherhood on Artie?

3. Why do you think Dorothea felt little or no grief when her husband died?

4. Why does Artie feel her ability to remember everything is an inconvenience?

5. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

6. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

7. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

8. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

9. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

10. What do you think the author's purpose was in having Echo spelling heard between Dorothea's recollections?

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