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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 does Madge tell Millie about Millie's appearance?
(a) Millie should not wear red.
(b) Millie needs some lipstick.
(c) Millie looks pretty.
(d) Millie should change her dress.

2. How does Hal behave around the women?
(a) Polite but awkward.
(b) Outright rude.
(c) Polite and comfortable.
(d) Sullen.

3. What payment does Mrs. Potts give Hal in exchange for his work?
(a) She gives him an hourly wage.
(b) She gives him a weekly salary.
(c) She buys him dinner and a bus ticket.
(d) She feeds him breakfast.

4. What is Millie's demeanor in the way she is dressed?
(a) Confident.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Provocative.
(d) Uncomfortable.

5. What does Millie say that Hal talked about this afternoon?
(a) His past adventures.
(b) His return to college.
(c) His goals to own his own business.
(d) His lover for Madge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nature of the relationship between Madge and Millie?

2. Who is the owner of the second home where some of the play's action occurs?

3. What is the setting for the play?

4. How did Hal lose his money in Nevada?

5. Where did Hal and Alan meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Rosemary's behavior with Hal when she begs him to marry her?

2. Describe Alan's ineffective response when he sees Hal with Madge.

3. What is the source of the sibling rivalry between Madge and Millie?

4. How does Hal enter the scene to talk to Madge?

5. How does Madge hurt Hal when he kisses her goodbye?

6. Why is Rosemary in a flurry of activity this morning?

7. Who is Rosemary and what is her outward opinion of men?

8. What are Millie's concerns this afternoon?

9. What does Hal share with Madge about his feelings of insecurity?

10. How are Rosemary's true feelings about men in stark contrast to her behavior?

(see the answer keys)

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