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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(b) To play a game of cards.
(c) To listen to sports on radio.
(d) To talk about a strike.

2. In Scene 3, what changes the employee's mind about the new work assignment?
(a) The boss asks him to spy on his supervisor.
(b) He doesn't think he can make a difference.
(c) Making chemical weapons.
(d) Writing weekly reports on his research.

3. What does it mean to "take a run-out powder?"
(a) Take a quick trip somewhere.
(b) Not leave when asked.
(c) Take medicine for an upset stomach.
(d) Not show up as promised.

4. Who has ordered the research in Laboratory A?
(a) A local research hospital.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) Private industry.
(d) A philantropy organization.

5. Who is the president as named in this scene?
(a) Truman.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Roosevelt.

6. Who initially insists that the action of many can accomplish what one cannot?
(a) Fatt.
(b) Edna.
(c) Dr. Barnes.
(d) Miller.

7. What is Joe's plan before going to the workers meeting?
(a) Talk to the old boyfriend.
(b) Meet privately with Fatt.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Talk to Lefty.

8. In Scene 2, what does Joe find when he arrives home from work at the end of the day?
(a) A living room without furniture.
(b) The police waiting to arrest him.
(c) An old friend who had come to visit.
(d) A new couch and chair.

9. Who is Andy Gump?
(a) The guy who worked in Laboratory A.
(b) A mentally challenged movie character.
(c) One of the employees who led the strike.
(d) A newspaper comic strip character.

10. What is the last action in Scene 3?
(a) Miller punches Fayette in the nose.
(b) Miller finally agrees to spy on his supervisor.
(c) Miller storms out of the office.
(d) Fayette throws Miller out of the office.

11. In what war do 12 million men die?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Vietnam Conflict.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Iraqi War.

12. What does Joe do to quiet the men?
(a) He is unable to quiet them.
(b) Tells them to be quiet.
(c) Raises his hand.
(d) Raises a clenched fist.

13. What does Joe bring home from the war?
(a) An angry disposition.
(b) A new wife.
(c) Shrapnel.
(d) A medal.

14. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"
(a) Veterans of the war.
(b) Newspaper boys.
(c) Members of a certain sports team.
(d) Workers mistreated by their employers.

15. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Miller and Fatt.
(b) Miller and Fayette.
(c) Siegfried and Miller.
(d) Fayette and Siegfried.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two Hollywood stars imitated by the buying public?

2. What does Joe call Edna after she says that he is "crawling like a worm?"

3. How does Miller initially feel about the new job assignment?

4. Why do the characters discuss "Mrs. Consumer" and Hollywood?

5. What color is the hair of Joe and Edna's children?

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