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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 does Kath change into for the end of Act One?
(a) A dowdy nightgown.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A see-through negligee.
(d) A dress.

2. Which character says, "I'm broadminded"?
(a) Kemp.
(b) Ed.
(c) Kath.
(d) Sloane.

3. What is knocked to the floor at the end of Act One?
(a) The photographs.
(b) The nightgown.
(c) The lamp.
(d) The knitting.

4. How long is Kemp not on speaking terms with his son?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Five years.

5. Which character says, "Drinking I don't mind. Drugs I abhor. You'll get to know all my habits"?
(a) Kemp.
(b) Sloane.
(c) Ed.
(d) Kath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Kath say that Sloane is almost the same age as?

2. Who is Kath's father?

3. In Act One, what does Kath say she buys the Dadda but he cannot stand?

4. Where does Sloane ask if he meets Kemp before?

5. Which character says, "You're a teaser aint you"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sloane's reaction to Kath's pregnancy? What does he say?

2. What does Kemp attempt to tell Ed about Sloane? What does he show him as proof?

3. How is this play similar to Theatre of the Absurd?

4. What do Ed and Kath plan to tell the police regarding Kemp's death? How do they plan to pull it off?

5. What is Ed's response to Kath keeping a lodger in the house? Why?

6. What "role" does Kath play to Sloane? How is this ironic?

7. Explain the story behind Kath's son.

8. How does Kemp respond to Sloane's story of the happenings with Kemp's boss?

9. Describe the "seedy situation" of the neighborhood. How does it come to be?

10. What does Sloane tell Kath when she asks him about striking Kemp? What is her reply?

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