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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 two unions have failed at past strikes?
(a) Teamsters and canners.
(b) Textile and steel.
(c) Dock and auto workers.
(d) Textile and taxi drivers.

2. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Fair.
(c) Derogatory.
(d) Intimidating.

3. What is being developed in Laboratory A?
(a) Poison gas.
(b) The atomic bomb.
(c) A cure for tuberculosis.
(d) A newly designed gas mask.

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

5. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?
(a) They want some private time to themselves.
(b) They are going out for the evening.
(c) Because the children will realize they haven't eaten supper.
(d) They might disturb the game on the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of the character chewing on a toothpick?

2. What is the setting of Scene 3?

3. What reasons does Joe give for not making more money?

4. What is Fayette's attitude about death and war?

5. Who helps Joe overcome his fear of fighting for a living wage and make up his mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe explain his change in attitude about the need to strike?

2. Is Fayette's decision to fire Miller for refusing to spy on his supervisor morally right or wrong?

3. What are some reasons Joe doesn't want to strike?

4. What is Miller's response to the job change?

5. Is Fatt respected by the workers?

6. What makes Scene 4 romantic?

7. At what point does Miller change his mind about the new assignment?

8. How does Joe feel about his responsibilities as the man of the family?

9. Is Florence right to put the family ahead of what she wants? Why or why not?

10. How does Clayton connect to the workers?

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