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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. What year and season does Act 2, Scene 5 open with?
(a) Christmas Eve, 1987.
(b) Valentine's Day, 1987.
(c) New Year's Day, 1992.
(d) Thanksgiving, 1986.

2. What kind of talk was the audience expecting from Heidi in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Persuasive, so they would contribute monetarily.
(b) One full of school memories.
(c) Fist-pounding and lecturing.
(d) Nice and polite.

3. What are the subjects of the painting Heidi is criticizing in the Prologue to Act 2?
(a) Children at play.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Ocean animals.

4. What are Susan's feelings regarding the women's movement in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Susan views it as outdated.
(b) Susan wants to protest.
(c) Susan wants to punish men.
(d) Susan wishes women took it more seriously.

5. What hurts Heidi the most in regard to Peter and this interview situation in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Peter was more interested in male competition than hearing her voice.
(b) Peter focuses the interview just on him.
(c) That Peter stuck up for Scoop.
(d) That Peter flirted with April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Heidi's friend's reaction to her moving?

2. Who are the other two guests who join Heidi on the show in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Why is Heidi late to the event in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What decision does Heidi make regarding the new show?

5. Why does Heidi think the artist is "copping out" in the Prologue to Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been going on in Scoop and Lisa's lives since their wedding?

2. What is Heidi so critical of in the painting she is discussing in the Prologue to Act 2?

3. In terms of relationships, what are differences between Lisa and Heidi?

4. What is Heidi missing from other women?

5. How are the two paintings that Heidi is discussing with her art history class in the Prologue to Act 2 similar?

6. What is Peter's emotional state when Heidi comes to tell him good-bye in the AIDS ward during Act 2, Scene 5?

7. Why does Heidi's explanation of why she is leaving hurt Peter?

8. What is Heidi's reaction to the "Hello New York" show while taping during Act 2, Scene 2? What does Heidi do?

9. What is Heidi's topic of her speech in 1986 to her high school alumni association?

10. Heidi, Scoop and Peter are invited to Susan's morning news show two years later. What is the topic of discussion?

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