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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first joins Claire and Tom in the tower room after she goes back upstairs?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Dick.
(c) Harry.
(d) Adelaide.

2. Which is the best description of Harry?
(a) A pilot.
(b) An artist.
(c) A poet.
(d) A doctor.

3. Who joins Claire, Tom, and the third character in the tower?
(a) Dick and Adelaide.
(b) The doctor and Harry.
(c) Dick, Adelaide, and the doctor.
(d) The doctor and Adelaide.

4. Which two characters embrace at the end of Act 2?
(a) Harry and Claire.
(b) Claire and Dick.
(c) Claire and Tom.
(d) Adelaide and Harry.

5. What is the doctor's last name?
(a) Simmons.
(b) Demming.
(c) Archer.
(d) Emmons.

6. Who calls Claire unnatural?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Tom.
(d) The doctor.

7. When Claire and Tom are alone in the tower, what does Claire admit?
(a) She loves Dick and Harry.
(b) She loves only her plants.
(c) She loves Anthony.
(d) She loves Tom.

8. During the embrace, what does one character ask the other to do?
(a) Give her everything.
(b) Take her to India.
(c) Destroy the plants.
(d) Tell him she will get a divorce.

9. Why does Claire make the request of Harry?
(a) Music calms her emotions.
(b) The Victrola is disturbing her concentration.
(c) She wants the doctor to help her.
(d) She no longer wants to be alone with Tom.

10. What is Tom's condition when he arrives in the tower room?
(a) He is out of breath.
(b) He is hesitant and does not enter the room.
(c) He is laughing.
(d) He is angry, pointing a gun at the others.

11. What is the relationship between Elizabeth and Adelaide?
(a) They are niece and aunt.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are rivals for Tom's love.
(d) They are mother and daughter.

12. Which man loves Claire for her exterior self?
(a) Tom.
(b) Harry.
(c) Dick.
(d) The doctor.

13. What does Claire ask Tom to do in Act 2?
(a) Destroy the greenhouse.
(b) Be her partner so they can search for meaning together.
(c) Apologize to Harry.
(d) Go to India.

14. What is Claire unable to explain regarding her experiment?
(a) She wants to create a never-before-seen color.
(b) There is hope in growth.
(c) She does not understand why the flower isn't blooming.
(d) She wants the experiment to fail.

15. How many children does Adelaide have?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the embrace, what complaint does one character make about the others who have left the room?

2. What is Claire's opinion regarding typical female roles?

3. Why is the setting in Act 2's symbolism ironic?

4. How does Elizabeth respond to Adelaide's accusations?

5. What does Tom say will happen to communication between himself and Claire?

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