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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who urges Sabina to seduce Mr. Antrobus?
(a) Her spirit.
(b) Henry.
(c) The Fortune Teller.
(d) Gladys.

3. What union does the stagehand threaten to report Sabina to if she doesn't play the scene properly?
(a) Actors' Union.
(b) Stageworkers' Union.
(c) Entertainment Union.
(d) Employment Union.

4. How does Sabina describe people without deep feelings?
(a) People of straw.
(b) People of shallowness.
(c) People of mirrors.
(d) People of toothpicks.

5. What reason does Sabina give for enjoying the war?
(a) Everyone was at their best.
(b) Everyone was staying home.
(c) Everyone was in need of her.
(d) Everyone was helping each other.

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

7. Where does Sabina want Mr. Antrobus to go with her, so he can relax?
(a) The beach.
(b) Her rooms.
(c) A bar.
(d) The casino.

8. Henry says that his childhood led him to feel like he was being deprived of what?
(a) Difficulties.
(b) Trials.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Life.

9. Why does Mrs. Antrobus allow Gladys to keep her stockings?
(a) Because Sabina likes the color.
(b) Because Henry likes the color.
(c) Because Mr. Antrobus likes the color.
(d) Because she likes the color.

10. Sabina tells Henry that his father is determined to do what to her?
(a) Seduce her.
(b) Kidnap her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Imprison her.

11. When Sabina comments about how they are always starting over, and why should they bother, what does Mrs. Antrobus say?
(a) Too many people are working too hard to give up.
(b) Too many people have fought and died to give up.
(c) Too many people have hope to give up.
(d) Too many people care about others to give up.

12. As Act 3 begins, where is it set?
(a) In the ruins of the convention.
(b) In a meadow.
(c) In the ruins of the Antrobus' home.
(d) On a hilltop.

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

14. The stand-ins' lines refer to the futility of what?
(a) Struggle.
(b) Everyday life.
(c) Despair.
(d) Hope.

15. What does the Fortune Teller tell the conventioneers about their future?
(a) That a few will survive.
(b) That some might get onto the ship.
(c) That they are all lucky.
(d) That they are about to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is glowing in the background as Act 3 begins?

2. The stand-ins' lines say that the power of the mind springs from what?

3. Who takes Henry off the stage in Act 3, Part 2?

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

5. What does Sabina pull to get the set to start to right itself?

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