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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 Gorgeous say about Geoffrey's friends when she first encounters Merv?
(a) She says they are all boorish.
(b) She says they all like musical theater.
(c) She says they are all Jewish.
(d) She says they all find her attractive.

2. When Merv invites himself to dinner, what does Sara suggest?
(a) He should make himself at home.
(b) He should make some pre-dinner cocktails.
(c) He should instead find a restaurant.
(d) He should prepare himself because she is a terrible cook.

3. What expression does Sara use to express what she expects of Tess?
(a) She should be a "woman of substance."
(b) She should be a "bookworm."
(c) She should be a "femme fatale."
(d) She should be a "nice Jewish girl."

4. What is Gorgeous doing in London?
(a) She is visting a famous Jewish synogogue.
(b) She never says.
(c) She is seeing several plays in London's West End theater district.
(d) She is leading a bus tour.

5. What social situation concerns Tess?
(a) The AIDS epidemic is growing.
(b) The monarchy in England is corrupt.
(c) There are homeless living by the train tracks.
(d) People are using drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sara and Nick discuss during the party debate in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What do Marv and Tess discuss at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

3. What have Geoffrey and Pfeni done in honor of Sara's birthday?

4. What does Merv do as a profession?

5. How do the main players in this scene go into dinner at the conclusion of Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about Sara's attitudes toward marriage and how is this revealed?

2. What is Sara's opinion of Geoffrey and Pfeni's relationship, and how is this revealed?

3. How does Sara appear to deal with her feelings?

4. What might be inferred about the play or the people in it from the performance from The Scarlet Pimpernel?

5. What is the basis for the political arguments in Act 1, Scene 3?

6. Why might Tess being doing her school project at the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?

7. How does Sara act toward Merv in Act 1, Scene 2?

8. What does Sara believe men's perceptions of her are, and how does Merv seem to perceive her?

9. What is learned about the unseen mother of the three sisters in Act 1, Scene 2?

10. How does Sara appear to feel about her past?

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