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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. Why does Susan want to get pregnant?
(a) Her mother is pressuring her.
(b) Her life is boring.
(c) She is getting older.
(d) All her friends have babies.

2. What literary technique does the author use in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

3. What is the product in Susan's advertising project?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cars.
(c) Hats.
(d) Shoes.

4. What does Mick do when Susan shoots the gun?
(a) Drops to the floor in terror.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Screams.
(d) Shoots at her.

5. Who does Susan ask Brock to call?
(a) Tony's wife.
(b) Susan's husband.
(c) Tony's brother.
(d) Tony's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mick refer to the sky?

2. What is Alice smoking as she sits on the floor?

3. Susan tells Brock more about ___________________.

4. What does Susan tell Mick that she wants?

5. Who is the author of this play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use the embalming symbolism to relate it to Susan?

2. Why is it ironic that Susan makes derogatory comments about Darwin's outspokenness?

3. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 11 and which two characters open the scene?

4. Why is Susan's exaggerated mention of the Suez Canal incident so significant?

5. What is the foreshadowing in the appearance of the Frenchman?

6. Why is this scene so significant for Susan?

7. What is the significance of the word "plenty" as Susan mentions the party food?

8. What does Susan's gun symbolize in this scene?

9. Who is Mick and how does he enter the scene?

10. Explain how the author uses the concept of plenty as Susan both rejects it and searches for it.

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