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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 a sign on the set say about Prof. Filippo Fiorentino?
(a) He is a biology professor at Princeton.
(b) He is a music professor at NYU.
(c) He is a musician and teaches lessons.
(d) He is a law professor at Yale.

2. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?
(a) She makes an offensive comment about Jews to Kaplan.
(b) She makes Mrs. Hildebrand assign an agreement.
(c) She glares at all of the tenants.
(d) She yells at the neighbors on the stoop.

3. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?
(a) Or the whole building will be gossiping about her.
(b) It is getting late.
(c) Her father will be upset to see them together.
(d) She does not like him.

4. What is Rose doing as her father gets back from the bar?
(a) Walking into the apartment.
(b) Searching through her purse for her keys.
(c) Looking out the window.
(d) Sitting on the stoop crying.

5. What is Sam doing when he and Rose are left alone?
(a) He is pacing the sidewalk.
(b) He is sitting silently on the curb.
(c) He sits on the stoop sobbing and calls himself a coward.
(d) He is hugging Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

2. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?

3. How does the scene end?

4. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?

5. What does Mrs. Jones tell the group about marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Mr. Maurrant talks to Rose?

2. Describe Rose's exit.

3. How is the audience's assumption about the weather verified?

4. What are Rose's plans for the future?

5. What do the police allow Mr. Maurrant to do? Why might they allow this?

6. How does Shirley hurt Rose? How does she apologize?

7. What is happening to the Hildebrand family?

8. What does Mr. Easter ask Mrs. Jones? What is her reply?

9. How are Shirley and Rose's beliefs about the mingling of cultures different?

10. How does Mrs. Maurrant react when Mrs. Jones tells her not to let her daughter get involved with a Jew? Why does everyone insist she not date a Jew?

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