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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two cultures does George cite as models for responsible drinking?
(a) Jews and Irish
(b) Chinese and French
(c) Arabs and Italians
(d) Indians and Greeks

2. What reason does Nick give for marrying Honey at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) He loved her
(b) He lost a bet
(c) She was pregnant
(d) Her father was the president of his first university

3. Who throws up at the end of Act 1?
(a) Nick
(b) George
(c) Honey
(d) Martha

4. What is Martha doing for Honey at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Holding her hair
(b) Making her coffee
(c) Bringing her aspirin
(d) Washing her dress

5. With what does George say he is preoccupied?
(a) Children
(b) Sex
(c) Biology
(d) History

6. What is the faculty sport, according to George?
(a) Follow the Chair
(b) Snipe and Sorry
(c) Musical Beds
(d) Publish or Die

7. What attribute of Nick and Honey's does George comment on as they ring the doorbell?
(a) Their good manners
(b) Their natual grace
(c) Their youthful glow
(d) Their punctuality

8. What does George tell Martha he wants her to stop doing?
(a) Springing things on him
(b) Intentionally mispronouncing words
(c) Telling lies to his colleagues
(d) Drinking

9. What body part does Martha say Nick's wife lacks?
(a) Breasts
(b) Nose
(c) Hips
(d) Legs

10. How does George refer to the bathroom?
(a) The euphemism
(b) The WC
(c) The other room
(d) The powder room

11. About what metaphorical trap does George warn Nick?
(a) Quicksand
(b) Drop cage
(c) Bottomless pit
(d) Bear trap

12. What does Martha accuse George of putting too little of in her drinks?
(a) Ice
(b) Bourbon
(c) Seltzer
(d) Vodka

13. Which two characters sing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the end of the first act?
(a) George and Martha
(b) Martha and Honey
(c) George and Honey
(d) Martha and Nick

14. How many of Nick's father-in-law's churches burned down?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Five

15. What state of being does Martha accuse George of having?
(a) Nonexistence
(b) Monolithic dominance
(c) Smallness
(d) Transcendance

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George refer to his arguments with Martha while alone with Nick?

2. How does Nick mispronounce the word "gaggle?"

3. What reason does George give for not kissing Martha?

4. On what day of the week does the play take place?

5. Where does George tell Nick and Honey to put their coats?

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