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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. What does Conrad ask Ellen to do after discussing his dreams about them on a farm?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He asks her to leave him.
(c) He asks her to have sex with him.
(d) He asks her to move in with him.

2. To where does Tom lead Reba and Roger to show them the spacecraft?
(a) To the terrace.
(b) To the television.
(c) To the military base.
(d) To a picture in a book.

3. Why does Kreton claim he needs to lay down?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He is annoyed.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He is perplexed.

4. What type of trip does Kreton say the trip to Earth was?
(a) A pleasure trip.
(b) A social trip.
(c) A business trip.
(d) An educational trip.

5. What does Kreton admit he can do with time?
(a) Make it go backward.
(b) Alter it.
(c) Live in it.
(d) Travel through it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on Reba's mind at the end of Act 1?

2. Why is Conrad forced to spend the night?

3. What nickname does the aide think of when he thinks of Powers?

4. What does Reba note to Tom that has changed in her appearance?

5. What does Ellen tell the family she and Conrad are doing in Richmond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Powers' complaint at the beginning of the play in terms of what he has been given as responsibility, and who he blames for the change.

2. What is each character thinking at the end of Act I?

3. Why is Ellen upset with Conrad about a goat?

4. Why is Powers upset he is in charge of the Kreton project?

5. Why does the fight excite Kreton?

6. Explain why Kreton's race no longer multiplies.

7. Describe what Conrad says occurred during the night with Roger.

8. Powers has an infatuation with laundry. Describe his conversation with Kreton about the topic.

9. What does Kreton do at the end of the Act that show his intentions?

10. What happened when Conrad and Ellen tried to check into a hotel?

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