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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. Who develops a theory on musical organs having personalities as a child?
(a) Jean.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Dan.
(d) Delia.

2. What does Delia claim was the model for Camus' The Plague?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Oran.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

3. What do Jean and Dan argue over in Act 1?
(a) His neglect of her.
(b) Her decision to leave work.
(c) Her refusing to smoke the joint.
(d) Her refusing a glass of wine.

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

5. Who does Kirsten ask Delia about in Act 1 Part 4?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her female lover.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Delia talks of a soothsayer in Dombey and Son. Who changed the future in the book?

2. How does Delia describe her father's office?

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

4. Which character says, in Act 1, "We'd be working somewhere else if our work here wasn't important?"

5. What does Dan say he fell asleep wrapped around in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the set of The Mound Builders. What furniture is used? How are the two locations in the play differentiated through the set design?

2. Compare the characters of August and Chad. How are they alike? How are they different?

3. What is the name of the ancient civilization that is being excavated in the play? What are some of the key characteristics of that society that are mentioned in the play?

4. How does August feel about "aesthetics?" Why?

5. What topic do the characters Delia and Dan bond over late in Act 1? How do their stories connect?

6. 'If you save a man from drowning, you're responsible for him the rest of his life.' Who quotes this proverb in the play? In regards to whom?

7. Who arrives drunk after fishing near the end of Act 1? What is the relationship of these two characters?

8. What does the discovery in Act 2 Part 1 lead Dan to theorize about this ancient culture?

9. What takes place in the falling action of The Mound Builders?

10. Where is Chad at the end of the play?

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