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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harry categorize Weber as in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Just another criminal.
(b) Just another spy.
(c) Just another industrialist.
(d) Just another salesman.

2. What type of American does Irene label Harry in their talk during the third scene in Act 3?
(a) Typical.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Different.
(d) Boring.

3. What does one of the soldiers arm himself with as he approaches Quillery?
(a) A stick.
(b) A champagne bottle.
(c) A club.
(d) A chair.

4. What color hair did Irene have in Harry's memory?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. What spirit does Irene say her father had?
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) German.
(d) Russian.

6. What country's silence surprises the captain?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

7. What is Harry carrying as he gets ready to begin his set in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A book.
(b) A cane.
(c) A menu.
(d) A wand.

8. What does Weber "compliment" Irene for being?
(a) A brilliant liar.
(b) A charming spy.
(c) A brilliant thief.
(d) A charming smuggler.

9. What did Harry do during the act with the mind reader?
(a) Got clues from the audience.
(b) Sang the songs as the audience asked questions.
(c) Played the piano.
(d) Held the question cards.

10. What does Weber interrupt Harry and Irene for?
(a) To escort Irene to her room.
(b) To see if Harry would play a specific piano piece.
(c) To listen to their conversation.
(d) To prevent Harry from learning the truth.

11. What does Weber say he furnishes the "little people" with?
(a) An illusion of power.
(b) The envy of profiting.
(c) The power of fear.
(d) The threat of war.

12. What label does the captain give the state of the world to Weber at the bar?
(a) Pandemonium.
(b) Unrest.
(c) Bedlam.
(d) Chaos.

13. As reported by Quillery, what have the Italian soldiers done?
(a) Bombed Paris.
(b) Bombed Germany.
(c) Joined forces with America.
(d) Opened the roads.

14. What does Harry do when he is convinced Irene is the one he met earlier?
(a) He asks her why she has been lying as he continues to play.
(b) He stops playing and jumps up from the piano.
(c) He stops playing and whispers it into her ear.
(d) He continues to play, but softer as he tells Irene who she really is.

15. What kind of idealist is Harry, according to Irene?
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Poor.
(c) Predictable.
(d) Misguided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene think of Harry's current work?

2. What name does Harry call Irene that she objects to?

3. What does Irene notice about Harry as they talk?

4. Where does Harry think he remembers Irene from?

5. What year does Harry believe he and Irene had an affair?

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