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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. According to the saying Ouisa quotes in this section, what do all artists dream of?
(a) Beauty
(b) Work
(c) Love
(d) Money

2. Which of the following characters tries to leave in the chaos of applying first aid to Paul?
(a) Paul
(b) Geoffrey
(c) Ouisa
(d) Flan

3. What is the first item in the room that Flan checks in Act 1?
(a) The Victorian inkwell
(b) The first edition Dickens
(c) The watercolor of the dog
(d) The two-sided painting

4. What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does Paul announce his father will be adapting for the screen?
(a) Evita
(b) Starlight Express
(c) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(d) Cats

5. Where do the prospective buyers for Flan's Cezanne live?
(a) Tokyo
(b) London
(c) Hong Kong
(d) Munich

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Sidney Poitier use to characterize the two American debates on life?

2. In the hypothetical script Paul describes his father receiving, what is Poitier's character's profession?

3. In what city were the Kittredges living when they met Geoffrey?

4. A painting by what artist hangs above the stage during the play?

5. How much money does Flan give Paul for his assistance with Geoffrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the opening moments of the play, what do Ouisa and Flan do onstage?

2. What story do Flan and Ouisa send the New York Times?

3. Why does Flan give Paul fifty dollars after Geoffrey leaves?

4. What is Flan's attitude toward the art he sells?

5. How does Guare loop time in this first half of the play?

6. What do the Kittredges do when Paul tries to leave?

7. Why does Flan repeatedly try to silence his wife's narration throughout this section?

8. What story do Larkin and Kitty tell in this section?

9. What new information does the Detective have when he calls Ouisa and Flan?

10. What does Ouisa discover when she wakes Paul in this section?

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