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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the female character in the play as it begins?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Susan.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Shelley.

2. What does Alice comment on regarding Brock?
(a) His drooling.
(b) His messy hair.
(c) The blood on his face.
(d) His shiny shoes.

3. Who retrieves the package dropped by the plane overhead?
(a) Lazar.
(b) Susan.
(c) A local boy.
(d) A Frenchman.

4. Why did Mick want to see Susan?
(a) Because he wanted to see the baby.
(b) Because it is New Year's Eve.
(c) Because he wants her to marry him.
(d) Because he loves her.

5. What does Susan invite Mick to do?
(a) Go to a friend's wedding.
(b) Vist her parents' home.
(c) Watch the fireworks.
(d) Have Christmas dinner.

6. Brock asks Susan to remind him ______________________.
(a) To buy lightbulbs.
(b) To set the alarm clock.
(c) To cancel her plane reservation.
(d) To make dinner reservations.

7. What character is sleeping as the play begins?
(a) Brogan.
(b) Brolin.
(c) Brock.
(d) Butch.

8. What is Alice doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Applying paint on a nude woman.
(b) Painting a still life.
(c) Sculpting a bust.
(d) Sketching a landscape.

9. Who is the author of this play?
(a) David Hanson.
(b) David Halliwell.
(c) David Hare.
(d) Douglas Hare.

10. What does Susan call Tony?
(a) A prince of a guy.
(b) A loser.
(c) Slow moving.
(d) A man among men.

11. Where does Lazar recall seeing Susan before?
(a) In church.
(b) In a cafe.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In a recruitment office.

12. What does Brock ask for when he wakes up?
(a) A robe.
(b) Susan.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) The newspaper.

13. Who does Susan choose to father her child?
(a) Mick.
(b) Lazar.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Brock.

14. How long had Susan and Mick been trying to conceive a child?
(a) Just a few months.
(b) A couple of years.
(c) About a year.
(d) Almost ten years.

15. What literary technique does the author use in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the play begin?

2. What is the name of this play?

3. What does Alice offer Susan?

4. What does Susan tell Alice before she leaves?

5. In what year does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

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