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

2. What does Joe initially think about strikes?
(a) People lose their jobs.
(b) Strikes do not work.
(c) Strikes work.
(d) He's not sure.

3. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?
(a) He asks workers for a voice vote of yes or no.
(b) He describes his last evening meal.
(c) He asks for comments from workers.
(d) He asks workers to raise their hands.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?

3. What is the setting of Scene 3?

4. What is the state of consumer markets?

5. What does Edna think about strikes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fatt say being a "red" is so bad?

2. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to yell?

3. What is the point of emphasizing the closeness of Philadelphia to the workers?

4. What does Sid think about war and education?

5. Why is Dr. Barnes limited by what he can do to express his outrage at the changes in medicine?

6. How does Scene 6 foreshadow what will happen to Benjamin?

7. Is Miller's use of violence against Fayette an acceptable response to being fired?

8. What does Benjamin decide to do after being fired, and what had he been thinking about doing?

9. What does Agate's dialogue about the union button imply?

10. How does Odets forewarn the audience of Lefty's death?

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