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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter respond to this reminder?
(a) He complains.
(b) He hugs Jerry.
(c) He yawns.
(d) He enthusiastically acquiesces.

2. What is happening as the play opens?
(a) Two men begin to converse.
(b) Two men are fighting.
(c) Two men sit alone.
(d) Two men glare at each other.

3. What color is the landlady's dog?
(a) White
(b) Pink
(c) Tan
(d) Black

4. How many children does Peter have?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None

5. What does Peter claim about his life?
(a) It is simple.
(b) It is annoying.
(c) It is stressful.
(d) It is complex.

6. Who does Jerry abhor?
(a) Peter.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) The woman on the third floor.
(d) The landlady with a dog.

7. Fill in the blank: "But that was the jazz of a very special ______."
(a) Hotel
(b) Time
(c) Lust
(d) Love

8. What does Jerry proceed to ask Peter if he has?
(a) A wife.
(b) A job.
(c) A home.
(d) Children.

9. What does Jerry blatantly tell Peter?
(a) About his children.
(b) About his loving wife.
(c) About his wonderful parents.
(d) About his worthless parents who are dead.

10. What does Peter claim in response?
(a) He knows about Jerry's kids.
(b) He does not care about Jerry's parents.
(c) He has seen those cards.
(d) He has seen many picture frames.

11. This character is in his early-forties and has a pressed and neat appearance:
(a) Jerry
(b) Both
(c) Neither
(d) Peter

12. What does Jerry wonder about Peter?
(a) If he wants to go home.
(b) If he has pets.
(c) If he likes the park.
(d) If he enjoys sitting and listening to Jerry.

13. How long did Jerry's Pop celebrate New Years?
(a) A year
(b) He didn't
(c) Two weeks
(d) One night

14. When did Jerry's mom walk out on him?
(a) When he was 10 and a half years old
(b) When he was a baby
(c) When he was 12 years old
(d) When he was 5 years old

15. What does Jerry quickly interrupt Peter to tell him?
(a) About his trip to the zoo.
(b) About his background.
(c) About his wife.
(d) About his move to New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerry do on a daily basis?

2. Peter carries no more than ________ with him at any time.

3. How does Peter respond to this question?

4. When Jerry finishes his monologue on his family, what kind of joke does he call his life?

5. Where does Jerry live?

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