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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sabina shouts that Mr. Antrobus is still inventing what?
(a) Things.
(b) Machines.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Concepts.

2. When Mrs. Antrobus tries to take Gladys back to the hotel, Gladys says that whom is looking for Henry?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The enforcers.
(c) The police.
(d) The lawmakers.

3. Who embodies the human capacity for compassion?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Mr. Antrobus.
(d) Henry.

4. What does Mrs. Antrobus say men will learn if they find out the truth of what a woman is?
(a) Why the whole universe is collapsing.
(b) Why the whole universe was set in motion.
(c) Why the whole universe continues.
(d) Why the whole universe exists.

5. When Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina come back in, Henry says that ________can tell him what to do.
(a) His mother.
(b) No one.
(c) His father.
(d) God.

6. When Gladys runs away from Mr. Antrobus, Sabina tells him not to worry and that it will all be forgotten in how long?
(a) A week.
(b) A few days.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 100 years.

7. Mr. Antrobus says that war is a what, compared to the prospect of trying to build a new life with Henry in the middle of it?
(a) Moment of relaxation.
(b) Walk in the sunshine.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Piece of cake.

8. Henry does not want to live the _____, quiet life that he thinks Mr. Antrobus wants him to live.
(a) Polite.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Serious.
(d) Thoughtful.

9. What is the name of the stagehand who insists that Sabina play the scene properly, even though she doesn't want to?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Fillibuster.
(c) Fillington.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

10. Who tells Mr. Antrobus to take himself and his family onto the boat?
(a) The Broadcasters.
(b) God.
(c) The Loudspeaker.
(d) The Fortune Teller.

11. What does Henry say filled the emptiness inside him?
(a) The desire to destroy.
(b) The desire to kill.
(c) The desire to hate.
(d) The desire to love.

12. Who does Mr. Antrobus accuse of giving Gladys the stockings?
(a) Mrs. Antrobus.
(b) The Fortune Teller.
(c) Sabina.
(d) A whale.

13. Who takes Henry off the stage in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Sabina.
(b) Mrs. Antrobus.
(c) No one.
(d) Gladys.

14. What does Mrs. Antrobus throw into the ocean?
(a) A filled bottle.
(b) An empty bottle.
(c) A bottle with a message.
(d) A bottle of beans.

15. The stand-ins' lines say that the power of the mind springs from what?
(a) Divine help.
(b) Divine intervention.
(c) Divine energy.
(d) Divine worship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sabina do when Mr. Antrobus begins to organize animals on the ship?

2. Fitzpatrick appears and says that several actors have been taken ill with what?

3. When Mrs. Antrobus takes one last look at Henry, who is thrashing in his sleep, where does she go?

4. What has happened to Gladys from the end of Act 2 to the beginning of Act 3?

5. Darkness falls, the other characters disappear, and what happens?

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