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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 does Sara do as a profession?
(a) She manages a bank.
(b) She sells real estate in London.
(c) She is a researcher.
(d) She works as a consultant.

2. Why won't Sara allow Tess to move to the United States?
(a) She says American universities are declining.
(b) She has a fear of flying.
(c) She instead plans to move them both to Australia.
(d) She wants Tess to go to Pais.

3. What does Gorgeous encourage Sara to do as the two sister discuss Sara's surgery and subsequent events in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Travel to India with Pfeni.
(b) Talk about her feelings.
(c) Return to America.
(d) See a psychiatrist.

4. What is Geoffrey's profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a theater director.
(c) He is a costume designer.
(d) He sells faux furs.

5. How do Merv and Geoffrey know each other?
(a) Through their political affiliations.
(b) Through a friend.
(c) Through the theater.
(d) Through the Jewish temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could the amount of time Pfeni and Geoffrey spend together be categorized?

2. Which of these is a personality trait of Gorgeous as exhibited in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How does Pfeni exit Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Why does Pfeni carry her belongings in shopping bags?

5. As Act 1, Scene 3 opens, what is being served?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sara says Pfeni sounds very "New York." What does she mean by that?

2. What does Sara believe men's perceptions of her are, and how does Merv seem to perceive her?

3. What does Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about Sara's attitudes toward marriage and how is this revealed?

4. What might be inferred about the play or the people in it from the performance from The Scarlet Pimpernel?

5. How does Sara feel about Tess's school project?

6. Describe the relationship between Geoffrey and Pfeni.

7. Describe the character of Merv.

8. How does Sara appear to feel about her past?

9. What are some of the things learned about Sara's surgery and her feelings about it?

10. What can be discerned about the sisters' father?

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