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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank get a cab for himself and Maureen to take to a favorite restaurant?
(a) He is further trying to conceal his actions from his co-workers.
(b) So they do not have to walk.
(c) To impress her.
(d) It is raining.

2. What does Frank envision April doing as he gives a great burst of love and approval?
(a) Ignoring him.
(b) Pushing him away.
(c) Getting upset with him.
(d) Laughing off the disastrous production in a round of kisses and compliments.

3. What does Frank note about the affectations he sees on Maureen's part?
(a) She probably picked them up from girls in the office.
(b) She probably picked them up from watching television.
(c) She probably picked them up from Norma, her older roommate.
(d) She probably picked them up from her sister.

4. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?
(a) As they spend more and more time with their suburbanite friends.
(b) As they spend less and less time in New York City.
(c) As they progress further and further with their plans to leave the country.
(d) As they become more involved in community activities.

5. As they nurture and cherish their plan to move to Europe, what do April and Frank continue to ridicule?
(a) The Givings' son, John.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) The middle class folkways of their suburban neighbors.

6. When Frank sees April do this, what does he do?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He hits her back.
(c) He follows her, imploring her wildly to get back into the car.
(d) He does nothing.

7. How does sixty-seven-year-old Howard Givings look and act?
(a) Very odd.
(b) Younger than his years.
(c) Older than his years.
(d) His age.

8. What does Frank say has become a kind of national religion?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

9. Why does Frank suddenly stop making love to April?
(a) He feels guilty.
(b) He goes to shower to scrub off the "second skin" of Maureen Grube.
(c) He misses Maureen.
(d) He does not love her.

10. With what does Shep want nothing to do?
(a) His family.
(b) The manners or mores of the upper class.
(c) His friends in New York City.
(d) The military.

11. Shep is a rebel and resents what?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother's efforts to soften him.
(c) His past.
(d) His life.

12. How do both April and Frank feel as children?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Happy.
(d) Shy.

13. Who can Frank hardly remember without the aid of a photograph?
(a) His siblings.
(b) His wife.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His parents' faces.

14. Where does April believe it would be easy for her to find a job in Paris?
(a) As a nanny.
(b) A school.
(c) A government agency.
(d) A retail store.

15. What does the audience also do during intermission?
(a) Donate money to the community theater.
(b) Buy food.
(c) Wipe perspiration from their hands onto their clothing.
(d) Go backstage to congratulate the actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Shep polish his shoes?

2. What does Frank decide to do, regarding Maureen?

3. On a quiet Sunday morning after their big fight, what does Frank Wheeler do?

4. As the alcohol flows, what happens to Maureen's affections and spirits?

5. What kind of husband does April not want?

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