Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Felicity often has troubles with which of the following?
(a) Reality.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Seeing.
2. Who comes in while Mark is putting away Brian's medications?
(a) Steve.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Interviewer.
3. What is unique about where Joe is staying?
(a) It is a specially equipped cottage.
(b) It is designed to allow his body to heal.
(c) It has no privacy as people can see into the cottage at all times.
(d) It has enough rooms for all of his family.
4. Why did Joe discourage his wife from coming to see him more often?
(a) He was too proud to let her see him ill.
(b) He was ashamed of how he became ill.
(c) He always thought he'd go home.
(d) He didn't feel like company because he was depressed.
5. What does Mark tell Beverly about Brian?
(a) That his condition is terminal.
(b) That he doesn't want to see her again.
(c) That she is no good for him.
(d) That Brian continues to worry for her and call her.
Short Answer Questions
1. About how old is Felicity?
2. What is the main topic of this play?
3. Which of the following is the best definition of what it means to be socially taboo?
4. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
5. What does Beverly try to do to handle the hostility between her and Mark?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Joe's first reaction to the interviewer is quite awkward?
2. Describe how the stage would look as the play opens.
3. What does Joe tell the interviewer about his wife Maggie and her understanding of his condition?
4. What is happening in Brian's cottage as act 2 opens?
5. What does the interviewer say that makes Agnes rethink her position?
6. What happens when the interviewer brings up these doubts and alternate ideas to Agnes?
7. What admission does Maggie make to Joe about their son Steve?
8. How does the interviewer find Joe as s/he talks to him and why does he seem this way?
9. How does Maggie feel about going into the cottage?
10. What does Beverly think that Mark's life is based on?
This section contains 623 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |