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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does the play begin?
(a) April.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) February.

2. Who quotes Aztec poetry in Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

3. What is the name of Delia's second book?
(a) Spindrift.
(b) The Last Days.
(c) The Doctor.
(d) Seven Nights.

4. What is Dr. Jean Loggins' profession?
(a) Archeologist.
(b) Gynecologist.
(c) Author.
(d) Surgeon.

5. What does Dan complain about at the dig site in Act 1?
(a) His wife getting in the way.
(b) The lack of assistance.
(c) Townspeople crowding around.
(d) The ignorance of August.

6. Why does August have to go to the airport in Act 1?
(a) To fly to the university.
(b) To pick up his brother.
(c) To pick up Jean and Dan.
(d) To get his sister.

7. What is Delia's father's profession?
(a) Professor.
(b) Physiologist.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Archeologist.

8. Delia talks of a soothsayer in Dombey and Son. Who changed the future in the book?
(a) The soothsayer.
(b) The girl.
(c) The hero.
(d) The villain.

9. Which character does August say is coming to stay with them unexpectedly?
(a) Jean.
(b) Chad.
(c) Kirsten.
(d) Delia.

10. What does August say his father did to Delia?
(a) Abandoned her.
(b) Laughed at her.
(c) Worshiped her.
(d) Abused her.

11. From where are the students selected to assist the dig?
(a) August Howe's class.
(b) Dr. Loggin's class in field archeology.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) The Dean's office at the University.

12. Who is revealed to be having an affair with Cynthia near the end of Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Dan.
(c) Delia.
(d) Chad.

13. Which character says, "The natives get restless at night. The dogs raid the hen houses?"
(a) Cynthia.
(b) August.
(c) Dan.
(d) Delia.

14. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) Dan.
(b) Delia.
(c) August.
(d) Cynthia.

15. Who calls Dan a Howdy-Dowdy, hale-fellow, nice guy in Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Jean.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Delia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dan say build burial mounds?

2. What does Delia say she did after finishing her book?

3. In Act 1, what does Chad say almost prevented the house from being livable?

4. Where does Dan attend college?

5. What is the name that August refers to the site as?

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