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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Dean's office at the University.
(d) The townspeople.

2. What is the term that defines Landford Wilson's use of a projector in The Mound Builders?
(a) Multimedia Theater.
(b) Performance Art.
(c) Projectionist Theater.
(d) Visual Effect.

3. Which character won a national spelling bee as a kid?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) August.
(c) Delia.
(d) Jean.

4. Where does Dan attend college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Yale.
(d) NYU.

5. Which character is raised and taught by his/her grandmother?
(a) Dan.
(b) Delia.
(c) Chad.
(d) Jean.

6. How old is the character Chad Jasker?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Twenty-five.

7. Where on the set do the projections appear, according to the stage directions?
(a) On a screen at the front of the stage.
(b) On the back wall.
(c) On the desk.
(d) On a curtain.

8. Jean asks Chad if he will move the house when the lake comes in. What is his response?
(a) It isn't worth the cost.
(b) They will build a new one.
(c) He has already sold it.
(d) Yes.

9. What are the directions that August gives Dianne regarding his recording?
(a) To mail them to the university.
(b) To match them with the corresponding slides.
(c) To listen to them.
(d) To type them up.

10. What do the lights begin to reveal at the end of Act 1 Part 1?
(a) The house in Blue Shoals.
(b) The dig site.
(c) The University.
(d) The lake.

11. What does Delia say in Act 1 that she is frantically beating the bushes for?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her sight.
(c) Something to believe in.
(d) The truth.

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

13. From where does Delia ship a trunk to August and Cynthia?
(a) Iran.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cincinatti.
(d) Oran.

14. Which character says, "Jesus, dear God, but it's bleak here."
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Delia.
(c) Chad.
(d) Dan.

15. Where does August say that the remains of an extensive village were discovered?
(a) In the neighboring town.
(b) Not six hundred yards from the house.
(c) Under the lake bed.
(d) Across the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does August say Cynthia believes herself to be when speaking to the recorder in Act 1 Part 2?

2. What does Chad offer to give Jean in Act 1?

3. How does Delia describe the temporary secretary she hired to transcribe her book?

4. How do we know when August is alone in his study?

5. Jean says the women in her family have a history of what?

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