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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. Where did the millionairess found a hospital?
(a) Kalberstadt.
(b) Humboldt.
(c) Guellen.
(d) Kaffigen.

2. What does the mayor have sitting on his desk in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A sword.
(d) A shotgun.

3. Who do the townspeople remark spent a night in their town in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Renoir.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Schindler.

4. Where was Claire in a plane crash?
(a) Iran.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

5. In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Ill note that the townspeople are all owning new?
(a) Sweaters.
(b) Hats.
(c) Coats.
(d) Trousers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ill's wife's name?

2. Where had Louis Perch emigrated to?

3. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going to emigrate to in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. What does Claire smoke?

5. What color hair did Claire have in her youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who, as a whole, are Claire's ex-husbands? How does she feel about them?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, is the town already set to kill Ill? What is his principle concern?

3. What strange questions does Claire ask upon her arrival in the town? What are the replies?

4. In the beginning of Act 2, what does Ill see from his window? What does he do?

5. Describe the foreshadowing which takes place in Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 in Claire's questioning.

6. What does Ill point out to prove his point in Act 2, Scene 3?

7. What does Ill notice about the customer purchases in Act 2, Scene 1?

8. Who delivers exposition about the town in the opening scene of the play? What is revealed?

9. What does Ill believe has caused the change in the townspeople in Act 2, Scene 1?

10. How does the theme of denial progress in the townspeople through Act 2?

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