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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do Agnes and Michael decide not to do in the last scene?
(a) Drink the champagne.
(b) Move to a new home.
(c) Leave the fourposter bed.
(d) Get divorced.

3. What does Agnes seem to be feeling in relationship to her daughter?
(a) Empty Nest Syndrome.
(b) Joy and best wishes.
(c) Selfish anger.
(d) Uneasiness and lack of control.

4. Why is Michael so angry about the bourbon bottle?
(a) He has banned alcohol in the house.
(b) He thinks the family cannot afford to be buying bourbon.
(c) His seventeen-year-old son has been hiding the bottle.
(d) Agnes has been hiding it in secret.

5. How do Agnes and Michael know of the young poet?
(a) The poet is the fiance of Agnes and Michael's daughter.
(b) The poet is an old friend from Michael's party days.
(c) The poet is a neighbor.
(d) The poet asked for criticism of his work from Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivates Michael to declare his true feelings to Agnes in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. What is Agnes holding in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?

3. In Act 3, Scene 2, what is the only thing that remains in the room from previous scenes?

4. What type of poetry is the young poet's work?

5. Where does Michael put the bottle of champagne?

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