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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. As the play begins, Lenny is in the living room of the house where he lives with which two other people?
(a) His father and his brother
(b) His two brothers
(c) His father and his uncle
(d) His mother and his father

2. Who was Jessie?
(a) A former neighbor
(b) Sam and Max's sister
(c) Max's wife
(d) Lenny's wife

3. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?
(a) The family album
(b) Lenny's lies
(c) Teddy's faithfulness
(d) Ruth's glass

4. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?
(a) Max
(b) Joey
(c) Lenny
(d) Sam

5. What does Teddy tell Ruth about the house?
(a) Teddy says he was born in the house.
(b) Teddy says that he has never liked the house.
(c) Teddy says that five generations have lived in the house.
(d) Teddy says the house is about to be sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max say he could instinctively know?

2. What does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

3. In which city does "The Homecoming" take place?

4. As they bicker, what does Max grab as if to hit Lenny?

5. What reason does Sam give for believing that he is the best at his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Max respond to Lenny's question about his conception?

2. What conflicting information does Max give about MacGregor (his father)?

3. What is the relationship between Max and Rose and what two other characters have the same relationship?

4. Describe Max's attitude toward his brother Sam.

5. Throughout the play, Max verbally abuses his son Joey; give an example of this verbal abuse.

6. Max threatens violence toward his son Lenny at different points in the play; give one example.

7. Who is Jessie and what do we learn about her at the beginning of the play?

8. When Lenny first greets his brother, why does the conversation involve a clock?

9. What does Max say about his understanding of female horses?

10. What does Max mean when he uses the phrase "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

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