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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Joe feels about talking to a voice when he is unable to see the person?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Judgmental.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Awkward.

2. What ends the tension between Beverly and Mark?
(a) Brian walks in the room.
(b) Beverly keeps drinking.
(c) Mark leaves.
(d) Mark yells at Beverly.

3. Why did Brian's ex-wife leave him?
(a) He would write about her and reveal her secrets to others.
(b) He wanted to write and talk instead of living life to its fullest.
(c) He spent all of his time writing and not paying attention to her.
(d) He would always seem sad or irrate when he was writing.

4. What does Brian believe would allow people to live more authentic lives?
(a) Fighting to live for as long as possible.
(b) Admitting the reality of their own death.
(c) Believing in an after life.
(d) Refusing to accept their own fate.

5. Where are Maggie and Steve while Joe is hospitalized?
(a) Southern plains.
(b) West coast.
(c) Northwest.
(d) East coast.

6. What does the interviewer tell Joe about his feelings?
(a) Any emotion is acceptable.
(b) He must move past the anger.
(c) Everyone understands what he is going through.
(d) He will want to avoid sharing them with his family.

7. What causes Joe to be vigorous and in good humor?
(a) The interviewer is calming him.
(b) His wife and son are arriving soon.
(c) He has come to grips with his disease and fate.
(d) He has met a couple of friends at the other cottages.

8. Which f the following is an accurate definition of the term shadow box?
(a) A box that takes the light and refracts it to cause shadows.
(b) A shallow box that puts objects on display.
(c) A creation that replicates another scene.
(d) A tall narrow box used to encase pictures safely.

9. Where is the setting for the opening of this play?
(a) A hospital room.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A hotel room.

10. What does Felicity tell the interviewer to undermine Claire?
(a) Tells the interviewer that Agnes doesn't love her.
(b) Tells Agnes that she wishes Claire were there.
(c) Talks about how much Claire helps her.
(d) Talks about how beautiful Claire is.

11. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.
(b) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.
(c) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(d) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.

12. In what year did this play win both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.

13. What does Maggie do when Steve jokes with her and tries to pull her in the cottage?
(a) She walks away from both Steve and Joe.
(b) She slides to the cottage floor and sobs.
(c) She yells and cusses at him.
(d) She slaps him hard across the face.

14. What does Joe admit to the interviewer about Maggie?
(a) She doesn't enjoy seeing him the way he is now.
(b) He hasn't told her the extent of his illness.
(c) It sometimes takes her a little while to fully understand things.
(d) She is living in denial and will not admit he is ill.

15. What does Joe want to do in regards to his feelings?
(a) Vent them.
(b) Redesign them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Deny them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Claire?

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term affable?

3. What did Joe ask Maggie to do?

4. Why did Joe discourage his wife from coming to see him more often?

5. What does Felicity do to try and block out the interviewer's voice?

(see the answer keys)

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