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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. Act 1, Scene 1, what revelation does Trock give Shadow about his personal life?
(a) He has given up.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is completely broke.
(d) He is in love.

2. Who murdered a man during a robbery?
(a) Esdras.
(b) Garth.
(c) Trock.
(d) Shadow.

3. How is Miriamne related to Garth?
(a) She is Garth's cousin.
(b) She is Garth's sister.
(c) She is Garth's fiancée.
(d) She and Garth are lovers.

4. What does Gaunt ask the Tramp?
(a) If he has seen Esdras.
(b) For the time.
(c) If he has seen Garth.
(d) The name of the street.

5. What does Garth confess to Miriamne at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He is afraid of Trock.
(b) He is ready to leave town.
(c) He would rather die than go back to prison.
(d) He was an accessory to murder during a robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Trock respond to Shadow's concern in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What claim does Garth make about his future in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who is "the doc at the gate?"

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, why are both Trock and Garth unhappy?

5. Where is Act 1, Scene 1 set?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Judge Gaunt react to Mio's death threat in the beginning of Act 2?

2. What is Miriamne's personal philosophy about truth?

3. In Act 2, what delusion does Mio join in with the judge?

4. Why does Trock bring Judge Gaunt and Esdras back to the apartment in Act 2?

5. Why does Miriamne sit alone outside the apartment in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

6. Why doesn't the Policeman find Shadow's body in Act 2?

7. Describe Trock.

8. In Act 1, Scene 2, why does Trock want Garth to stay inside the apartment?

9. What point does Esdras make about justice in his final monologue?

10. How does Judge Gaunt react to the argument between the Policeman and the other characters in Act 1, Scene 3?

(see the answer keys)

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