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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a university to which George compares the play's university?
(a) M.I.T.
(b) Sorbonne
(c) Moscow U.
(d) Cambridge

2. According to George at the end of Act 1, what is Martha at heart?
(a) A Floozy
(b) A Romantic
(c) A Man
(d) A Libertine

3. How does George silence Martha as she talks about his failure to take over the department?
(a) He slaps her
(b) He breaks a bottle over the bar
(c) He leaves the room
(d) He shoots at her with a toy gun

4. What does George think is the name of the film Martha is referencing?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Chicago
(c) You Can't Take it with You
(d) The Magnificent Ambersons

5. About what time of the day does the play begin?
(a) Six o'clock at night
(b) Midnight
(c) Two o'clock in the morning
(d) Ten o'clock at night

6. What new nickname does Martha give George in the second half of Act 1?
(a) Wimpy
(b) Pussy
(c) Soupy
(d) Swampy

7. Which of the following is not a location that George has found Martha's cocktail glasses?
(a) The linen closet
(b) The bathtub
(c) The gazebo
(d) The freezer

8. What does Nick say is not his idea of a good time?
(a) Evisceration
(b) Masturbation
(c) Defenstration
(d) Flagellation

9. Which of these is not a name that Martha calls George in this section?
(a) Simp
(b) Weepy-face
(c) Put-upon-pie
(d) Cluck

10. How many drinks does Martha finish in this section?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) Three

11. Which of the following is not a fictional locale to which George compares the university?
(a) Penguin Island
(b) Illyria
(c) Atlantis
(d) Gomorrah

12. Which is not among the "damnedest" drinks that Geroge says Martha used to prefer?
(a) Gimlet
(b) Flaming Punch Bowl
(c) Buck's Fizz
(d) Brandy Alexander

13. What reason does George give for not kissing Martha?
(a) He'd puke
(b) He'd be unfaithful to his other wife
(c) He's too drunk
(d) He'd get too excited

14. Who throws up at the end of Act 1?
(a) Martha
(b) George
(c) Nick
(d) Honey

15. What game did Nick and Honey play when they were younger?
(a) Spin the Bottle
(b) Doctor
(c) Truth or Dare
(d) Hide and Seek

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George refer to the bathroom?

2. Where does George tell Nick and Honey to put their coats?

3. Where did George go on his first vacation from prep school?

4. What attribute makes Martha's stepmother like a witch?

5. Which two characters sing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the end of the first act?

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