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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire remark that she hates in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Museums.
(b) Radios.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) Televisions.

2. The inscription which descends in Act 3, Scene 4 reads, "Life is Serious, ____ Serene."
(a) Art.
(b) Tapestry.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Love.

3. What does Claire say her marriage to Hoby was?
(a) Her second-shortest.
(b) Her shortest.
(c) Her second-longest.
(d) Her longest.

4. The author in the postscript says that under the circumstances of the play he is not sure of what?
(a) He'd have committed suicide.
(b) He would have stayed.
(c) He wouldn't have left.
(d) He would have acted differently.

5. Who has performed guest shows at the town auditorium?
(a) The Kaffigen Repertory Players.
(b) The French Repertory Theatre.
(c) The Oneida Repertory Players.
(d) The Kalberstadt Repertory Players.

6. The author writes in the postscript that Ill's family is not wicked, only what?
(a) Just.
(b) Poverty-stricken.
(c) Weak.
(d) Greedy.

7. Where was the Doctor offered a job in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Kalberstadt College.
(b) Kaffigen College.
(c) Stockholm College.
(d) Erlangen University.

8. What kind of car does Hoby have?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A Cadillac.
(d) A Porsche.

9. Who does the Schoolmaster say he is an admirer of in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Cato.
(b) Bach.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

10. What does the Schoolmaster claim is the root of much evil in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Money.
(c) Greed.
(d) Power.

11. Where do Claire and Ill meet in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Ill's store.
(b) The Golden Apple.
(c) Petersen's Barn.
(d) Konrad's Village Wood.

12. In Act 3, Scene 4, the Schoolmaster says, "For what would be the sense of wealth, which created not a wealth of ____?"
(a) Greed.
(b) Grace.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Money.

13. What does the author state that Ill ultimately receives in the end of the play?
(a) Greatness.
(b) Justice.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Humiliation.

14. Who does not raise a hand in the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Ill.
(b) Claire.
(c) Ill's wife.
(d) The Schoolmaster.

15. Who does Claire say will be following after the eunuchs soon in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The musician.
(b) The butler.
(c) Herself.
(d) Ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire say of Sunshine Square in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. What is Claire wearing in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is moved by in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. What is Mrs. Ill referring to when she says in Act 3, "They're in fashion today"?

5. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript?

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