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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young poet's work dedicated to?
(a) Agnes and Michael's daughter.
(b) Michael.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Agnes and Michael's son.

2. How many children do Michael and Agnes have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

3. What makes Michael so angry in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) His daughter is eloping.
(b) He thinks Agnes is having an affair.
(c) His novel has gotten bad reviews.
(d) His son has not come home from a party.

4. What is Michael doing when he enters the room in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Humming the Wedding March.
(b) Carrying a bouquet of flowers.
(c) Adjusting his suit and tie.
(d) Drinking from a bottle of bourbon.

5. What motivates Michael to declare his true feelings to Agnes in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The crass words of the young poet.
(b) A letter of fan mail that he just read.
(c) His memories of an early love.
(d) The anger in Agnes' eyes.

6. What event is happening that day in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Agnes and Michael's daughter's wedding.
(b) Agnes and Michael's divorce.
(c) Agnes and Michael's son's wedding.
(d) Agnes and Michael's wedding vow renewal.

7. What is inside of the bourbon bottle?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) Water.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Vodka.

8. What description does Michael compare himself to at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A frog in a pond.
(b) A dog in the doghouse.
(c) A fish is the ocean.
(d) A cat in a tree.

9. How does Agnes describe Michael's fathering?
(a) Good and proper.
(b) Completely ignorant and inexcusable.
(c) Occasianal fits of hysteria.
(d) Exactly like that of her own father.

10. What age are Agnes and Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) In their twenties.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Almost middle age.
(d) Teenagers.

11. What type of poetry is the young poet's work?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Children's rhymes.
(c) Erotic.
(d) Elegy.

12. What mood is Agnes in when Michael enters the room in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Meloncholy.
(d) Jealous.

13. What does Agnes say she does not want to argue about in the last scene?
(a) Who her son marries.
(b) Her children's lives.
(c) Where she and Michael are moving.
(d) What to leave on the bed.

14. Why does Michael go into the cellar?
(a) He wants to exercise on the stairs.
(b) In order to make sure there is no one down there.
(c) To check for some wine to drink.
(d) To see if there is anything overlooked.

15. What is Michael's reaction after reading the young poet's work?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Jealous of how good it is.
(c) Brought to tears of sadness.
(d) Appalled.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 2, what do both Agnes and Michael want to help ease their worry?

2. Where is Agnes when Act 2, Scene 2 begins?

3. What is Agnes' reaction after Michael finishes reading the young poet's work?

4. At first, what are Agnes' feelings toward the young poet?

5. What do Agnes and Michael muse over at the end of the play?

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