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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 might get in the way of a high-paying, demanding job for Jeanine?
(a) She has two small children to take care of.
(b) Her mother is very ill at the moment.
(c) Jeanine lacks the skills for a high-paying job.
(d) She has a fiance who also demands her time.

2. Where does Marlene work?
(a) An employment agency.
(b) At a college.
(c) An insurance agency.
(d) A tecnology company.

3. What part of Joan's education was missing?
(a) Information about raising children.
(b) Information about conducting official ceremonies.
(c) Information about how a woman's body functions.
(d) Information about how to be a pope.

4. Jeanine can best be described as:
(a) An ambitious woman who lacks self confidence.
(b) A staunch feminist.
(c) A smart, but lazy person.
(d) A spoiled girl who never had to work for her money.

5. What occupation did Griselda's husband have?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Wealthy landowner.
(c) Healer.
(d) Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nijo's previous occupation?

2. Which character interrupts Joan several times during the telling of her story?

3. What did Joan hope to understand as Pope?

4. Who is the youngest character in the play?

5. What part of the meal have the women been served by the end of Act 1, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence from the play further supports Marlene's stated admiration of Margaret Thatcher?

2. What is the significance of Act 1, Part 2 ending with the waitress clearing the table?

3. Why might Churchill have shown Angie talking one moment about plans to kill her mother and plans to go to the movies the next moment?

4. What evidence from the play supports Marlene's reason for bringing such nice gifts to the house when it was not Christmas or anyone's birthday?

5. Describe a unique feature of Act 1's dialogue, and why it may be presented/designed this way.

6. What might be the real reason Louise wants to leave her current job?

7. How does Act 2, Scene 1 sketch an example of the post-feminist world?

8. How are Joan, Marlene, and Isabella all examples of behaving against the norms of society?

9. Why might Joyce have been so short with Marlene on her visit?

10. Does the close of Act 2, Scene 1 show Marlene interacting with Jeanine in a positive or negative light?

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