A Delicate Balance: A Play Test | Final Test - Easy

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A Delicate Balance: A Play Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Julia and Edna fight about?
(a) Guest status in the house
(b) Politics
(c) Alternative lifestyles
(d) Religion

2. Which characters are present at the opening of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Agnes, Julia and Edna
(b) Tobias, Agnes and Edna
(c) Tobias, Julia and Harry
(d) Tobias, Agnes and Julia

3. What purpose does Claire's entrance serve?
(a) Bonds the characters
(b) Breaks the tension
(c) Causes her to be sent away
(d) Starts an argument

4. What do the women in the household tell Tobias about the way he handled the situation?
(a) He was masterful.
(b) He failed miserably.
(c) He did the best he could.
(d) He is a hero to them.

5. Agnes says she is in awe of ______________.
(a) birth
(b) creation
(c) daylight
(d) death

6. How long has Tobias been in the living room?
(a) All night
(b) Few hours
(c) All day
(d) A couple of minutes

7. According to Agnes, it is Tobias's house and Tobias's ____________________.
(a) responsibility
(b) burden
(c) decision
(d) fate

8. What is Agnes's demeanor when talking to Tobias about their sleeping arrangements?
(a) Happy
(b) Sullen
(c) Coy
(d) Aggressive

9. With whom does Julia verbally tangle?
(a) Sylvia
(b) Edna
(c) Claire
(d) Tobias

10. At whom does Julia point a gun?
(a) Edna
(b) Tobias
(c) Agnes
(d) No one

11. How does Agnes refer to Julia's marriages?
(a) Crippled
(b) Buoyant
(c) Dead
(d) Ill-fated

12. When does Agnes prefer to deal with Julia's distress?
(a) Later
(b) Never
(c) After she has a drink
(d) Immediately

13. Who does Agnes believe is the only one in the family who can be objective?
(a) Julia
(b) Claire
(c) Agnes
(d) Tobias

14. What happens to Agnes with each one of Julia's traumas?
(a) She learns from them
(b) She absorbs them
(c) She dies a little
(d) She suffers

15. Agnes tells Tobias that it was ___________ and nice to have him in her bed last night.
(a) comfortable
(b) odd
(c) pleasant
(d) familiar

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes tell Tobias to do in the situation?

2. Who speaks to Tobias privately?

3. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 2?

4. When did Agnes and Tobias retreat to separate bedrooms?

5. According to Agnes, why do people sleep?

(see the answer keys)

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