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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 says, "Tell him to call on the Lord!"
(a) Margaret.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Sister Boxer.
(d) Brother Boxer.

2. Who is in his grave, according to Sister Boxer in the first act?
(a) Elder Smith.
(b) Brother Washington.
(c) Elder King.
(d) Brother Alexander.

3. What is played as the music prologue to Act I?
(a) "If Jesus Had to Pray, What About Me?"
(b) "I Got the Holy Spirit."
(c) "I Laid My Burdens Down."
(d) "The Blues is Man."

4. The set for "The Amen Corner contains what components?
(a) Living room and bedroom.
(b) A church and outside a church.
(c) Inside and outside of a house.
(d) Home and church.

5. What nickname does Luke call his wife?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Marge.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Peggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scenery does the play open with?

2. In the sermon in the first act, who does the pastor say that King Hezekiah called on?

3. Who refers to the home/church as a Holy Ghost station during the first act?

4. Who does the pastor suggest as a substitute piano player for the church service?

5. Who's reportedly been keeping bad company in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret slap her son in Act III?

2. Why doesn't David want to go to Philadelphia?

3. What happens before Luke dies in Act III?

4. Describe what Margaret sees when she first enters the church in Act III.

5. Why do Sister Boxer and Sister Moore come to church early in Act III?

6. Why does Margaret demand that David turn off the music on the phonograph in Act II?

7. What gossip concerning David does Brother Boxer share with his wife and Sister Moore in Act I?

8. In Act II, what does the doctor not want Luke doing?

9. Odessa tries to convince Margaret to return to church in Act III and win back her congregation, but Margaret says she can't. Why?

10. What jazz musicians does David compare his father to after confessing to listening to his records in Act II?

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