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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. Because the mansion is so large, what must she do?
(a) Keep track of all the furniture, to make sure none goes missing.
(b) Hire someone to clean it.
(c) Spend a day in each room to feel that it is used.
(d) Feel ownership of at least one item in each room.

2. How does the second person react?
(a) With skepticism.
(b) With tears.
(c) With joy.
(d) With surprise.

3. What does the Butler point out?
(a) The garden is completely symmetrical.
(b) The cardinals control the behavior of the other birds.
(c) If Julian were to look into the window of the model, an exact duplicate of the room in which they stand can be seen with every detail intact, even down to the brass candlesticks.
(d) The crucifix is exactly perpendicular to the altar.

4. What kind of conversation does the trio enter?
(a) A light-hearted one.
(b) Banter and jabs at each other's looks and interests.
(c) Of mixed messages and misunderstandings.
(d) A serious one.

5. What does the first man insinuate about the second man?
(a) The inappropriate relationship between Miss Alice and the assistant.
(b) The inappropriate relationship between the lawyer and Miss Alice.
(c) An inappropriate relationship between the Cardinal and his assistant.
(d) The inappropriate relationship between the Cardinal and Miss Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first man not leave without?

2. When the lawyer enters the room to join in the dialogue, what is established?

3. What do the two discuss about the details of this creation?

4. Who is cooing and talking to the birds, trying to engage them to interact with him?

5. Who was Saint Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lawyer do to Miss Alice, when the other two men leave?

2. What is the most intriguing element of the room?

3. How does this scene open? Describe the room.

4. What does the lawyer do to fend off his embarrassment?

5. What do Julian and the butler say about this creation?

6. What are the lawyer and Cardinal doing, as the play begins?

7. Describe Julian's initial encounter with Miss Alice.

8. What does the butler tell Julian about himself? What is Julian's response?

9. What do the lawyer and butler do to Julian? What is Julian's response?

10. What does the Cardinal tell Julian to accept? How does Julian respond?

(see the answer keys)

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