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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the professions of the two main characters?
(a) Doctor and hospital administrator.
(b) Cab driver and union leader.
(c) Lab assistant and industrialist.
(d) Dental assistant and manager.

2. What does Edna think she is turning into?
(a) An overweight wife.
(b) A dingbat.
(c) A workaholic.
(d) A nag.

3. What does Edna threaten to do if Joe does not change his behavior?
(a) Run away with an old boyfriend.
(b) Move in with her best friend.
(c) Get a job at a diner.
(d) Buy herself a fancy new dress.

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

5. What does Edna imply that her current financial situation is causing to happen to her?
(a) Putting wrinkles on her face.
(b) Losing weight.
(c) Missing her favorite movie.
(d) Crying every day.

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

7. What does Joe tell Edna he had for lunch when he gets home from work?
(a) Burger and fries.
(b) Soda and crackers.
(c) Milkshake.
(d) Coffee.

8. Why do the characters discuss "Mrs. Consumer" and Hollywood?
(a) To explain the appearance of the setting.
(b) Because the setting needs a woman's touch.
(c) Because the wife of one of them loves the movies.
(d) To discuss the price of a ticket someone bought.

9. What is Joe paying his dues to?
(a) The Rotary Club.
(b) The country club.
(c) A Masonic order.
(d) A union.

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

11. Who is the first character to speak in the play?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Joe.
(d) Fatt.

12. Which character is accused of taking a "run-out powder?"
(a) Fatt.
(b) Miller.
(c) Lefty.
(d) Joe.

13. Who does Joe accuse of racketeering?
(a) Miller.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Benjamin.

14. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?
(a) His cab has a flat tire.
(b) He rode on a bus over 100 miles.
(c) The front wheel has fallen off his motorcycle.
(d) He has done a lot of driving.

15. What does Edna think about strikes?
(a) She's not sure.
(b) Strikes are too risky.
(c) Strikes can work.
(d) Strikes do not work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the smoker and drinker in Scene 3?

2. What does Fayette believe is the advantage of keeping certain employees drunk?

3. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?

4. What quality in employees does the company reward?

5. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?

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