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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. What won't Maggie listen to that Joe tries to explain to her?
(a) About the things she has brought.
(b) About his condition.
(c) About the cottage.
(d) About the interviewer.

2. What is located in the interview area?
(a) A chair and a couch.
(b) A chair, a recorder and a man.
(c) A small stool.
(d) Two chairs.

3. What does Brian believe has been thwarted by the mechanics of dying?
(a) His ability to tell a story.
(b) His muse.
(c) His eloquence.
(d) His grammar.

4. Why did Joe discourage his wife from coming to see him more often?
(a) He always thought he'd go home.
(b) He was ashamed of how he became ill.
(c) He didn't feel like company because he was depressed.
(d) He was too proud to let her see him ill.

5. What does Joe admit to the interviewer about Maggie?
(a) It sometimes takes her a little while to fully understand things.
(b) He hasn't told her the extent of his illness.
(c) She doesn't enjoy seeing him the way he is now.
(d) She is living in denial and will not admit he is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession does Maggie make to Joe about Steve after he tried to drag her into the cottage?

2. Which of the following best describes how Joe feels about talking to a voice when he is unable to see the person?

3. What is the main topic of this play?

4. What caused Maggie and Steve to come to see Joe?

5. What did Beverly tell Brian that he had lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is currently causing Mark substantial pain?

2. How does Brian react to the situation between Beverly and Mark?

3. What does Joe tell the interviewer about his wife Maggie and her understanding of his condition?

4. What happens when the interviewer brings up these doubts and alternate ideas to Agnes?

5. Describe how the stage would look as the play opens.

6. What thoughts turn Maggie's fear into anger?

7. What is Brian's profession and how does he feel his work has been affected by his condition?

8. What does Brian think would help people and allow them to better off if they would admit?

9. What changed Joe's opinion about Maggie and Steve visiting him?

10. What was Joe's reaction to learning that his condition had become terminal?

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