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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?
(a) Mr. Kaplan.
(b) Mr. Maurrant.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Mrs. Jones.
2. How does Vincent Jones treat Rose?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He greets Rose and begins to harass her, moving his hands over her body.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He greets Rose and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
3. What happens between Vincent and Sam?
(a) They get into an argument.
(b) They glare at one another.
(c) They get into a physical altercation.
(d) They have a heated debate.
4. What is Sam doing when he and Rose are left alone?
(a) He is pacing the sidewalk.
(b) He is hugging Rose.
(c) He is sitting silently on the curb.
(d) He sits on the stoop sobbing and calls himself a coward.
5. Upon what do the other women agree?
(a) Their older girls are never home.
(b) They want to move out of New York City.
(c) Their families are annoying.
(d) They love this neighborhood.
6. What does Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?
(a) Why they are Jewish.
(b) Why they do not go to a church.
(c) How they can read the newspaper in Hebrew.
(d) How they can sit and read all day long.
7. What is a constant throughout the play?
(a) The sound of the wind.
(b) Bird calls.
(c) Noise: the noise of the city.
(d) A subway car going by under ground.
8. What is the lighting on the stage?
(a) There is a bright light, reperesenting the sun.
(b) Streetlights run along stage left and stage right.
(c) The janitor's apartment windows are lit, as are those in the first floor. There is a red light coming from the demolition site.
(d) The lights in the home are on.
9. What happens when Mr. Sankey arrives?
(a) Everyone encourages him to join in.
(b) They continue as if he is not there.
(c) They ask where he is going.
(d) Everyone stops what they are doing.
10. On what does Mr. Maurrant lecture his wife?
(a) How it is her responsibility to know where her daughter is, that Rose should not be out so late.
(b) She should wear more makeup and wear nicer clothes for him.
(c) It is her responsibitilty to make sure the children have all of their homework done.
(d) How it is her job to make sure his dinner is ready when he comes home.
11. How does the scene end?
(a) Both Sam and Rose go into their respective apartments.
(b) Sam is sitting on the steps, smiling.
(c) Rose is sitting alone with her head in her hands.
(d) With Sam sitting alone with his head in his hands.
12. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?
(a) He is chasing after his wife.
(b) His wife is in labor.
(c) The building is on fire.
(d) He forgot to buy groceries.
13. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?
(a) She glares at all of the tenants.
(b) She yells at the neighbors on the stoop.
(c) She makes Mrs. Hildebrand assign an agreement.
(d) She makes an offensive comment about Jews to Kaplan.
14. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?
(a) That is just the way he is.
(b) He has a stressful job.
(c) All men just want to get their way.
(d) Mrs. Maurrant does not do her job.
15. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?
(a) Mr. Kaplan believes capitalism is going to be build up the economy.
(b) They are discussing The Crash and how it has hurt the economy.
(c) They are complaining about their homes and lack of work.
(d) Kaplan believes it is the capitalist structure of the country that is harmful.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?
2. What does Mr. Maurrant tell the group he is going to do to his kids?
3. Who does Mrs. Jones say do not know anything about raising babies?
4. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?
5. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?
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