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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has performed guest shows at the town auditorium?
(a) The French Repertory Theatre.
(b) The Oneida Repertory Players.
(c) The Kaffigen Repertory Players.
(d) The Kalberstadt Repertory Players.

2. The author in the postscript says the characters speak as befits what in the final scene?
(a) The guilty.
(b) The absurd.
(c) The ancient.
(d) The rich.

3. What is Mrs. Ill referring to when she says in Act 3, "They're in fashion today"?
(a) High collars.
(b) Large breasts.
(c) Large hair.
(d) High heels.

4. What establishment did Claire send the eunuchs to in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Her prison.
(b) Her opium den.
(c) Her brothel.
(d) Her factory.

5. What is the Doctor's last name in the play?
(a) Heimlin.
(b) Verschant.
(c) Neusslin.
(d) Heimberger.

6. Where has Claire sent Hoby in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) China.
(b) Geiselgasteig.
(c) Italy.
(d) Hong Kong.

7. Who does Claire recall that Ill used to buy cigarettes from in their youth?
(a) Little Loretta.
(b) Little Susanna.
(c) Little Natalia.
(d) Little Matilda.

8. The author states in the postscript that the townspeople must emphatically not be portrayed as what?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Wicked.
(c) Just.
(d) Good.

9. Who does not raise a hand in the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The Schoolmaster.
(b) Ill.
(c) Claire.
(d) Ill's wife.

10. What does Claire tell her visitors they are covered in in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Dust.
(b) Animal hair.
(c) Blood.
(d) Straw.

11. The painter gives Mrs. Ill a portrait of whom in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Ill.
(b) Herself.
(c) Claire.
(d) Ill's daughter.

12. Who does Ill tell the Priest to pray for in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Himself.
(b) Guellen.
(c) Claire.
(d) His family.

13. Who tries to speak up to the reporters in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The Policeman.
(b) The Schoolmaster.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) Ill.

14. The inscription which descends in Act 3, Scene 4 reads, "Life is Serious, ____ Serene."
(a) Beauty.
(b) Art.
(c) Love.
(d) Tapestry.

15. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) St. Martin.
(c) Russia.
(d) Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the postscript, the author writes that "just as any creature is sealed off inside its skin, so the play is sealed off inside ____."

2. Whose performance in the choir does Claire remark upon in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What was Claire's father's name in the play?

4. Who does the Schoolmaster say he is an admirer of in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What does Claire call her ninth husband?

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