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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 on the list of dreadful things waiting for their son when he returns home in the summer?
(a) Thrashings
(b) Lies
(c) Empty bottles
(d) Strange men

2. Which country does George warn against when he returns to the room?
(a) Canada
(b) India
(c) Russia
(d) China

3. Which of the follow is not among the things that Martha says George can do for her, as she tells Nick that she loves him?
(a) Hold her
(b) Raise a child with her
(c) Play games with her
(d) Make her laugh

4. What time of day was George and Martha's son killed?
(a) Afternoon
(b) Evening
(c) Late morning
(d) Dusk

5. To what animal does George compare Martha when he calls her lovely?
(a) A peacock
(b) A mouse
(c) A dove
(d) A lioness

6. What is George retrieving when he leaves Nick and Martha alone?
(a) Coffee
(b) Ice
(c) Towels
(d) Liquor

7. What are we trying to find when we peel away at each other, according to George?
(a) Blood
(b) Marrow
(c) Bones
(d) Organs

8. How does George refer to his female protagonist in his "second novel?"
(a) Busty
(b) Hippy
(c) Swishy
(d) Mousey

9. What does George announce he is going to do after he returns to the room?
(a) Kiss Martha
(b) Play a game
(c) Punch NIck
(d) Read a book

10. Honey obliquely mentions her hysterical pregnancy when she comes back into the room, but she calls it something else. What does she call it?
(a) A toothache
(b) Anemia
(c) Dyspepsia
(d) Appendicitis

11. What color was the son's hair when he was born?
(a) Blond
(b) Black
(c) He had no hair
(d) Gray

12. According to Martha and George, which two ideas are getting confused?
(a) Truth and Illusion
(b) Love and Fear
(c) Hope and Delusion
(d) Love and Hate

13. What language does George begin speaking partway through Martha's description of their son?
(a) Greek
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Latin

14. What does H.I. stand for on George's protagonist's baggage?
(a) Historical Inevitability
(b) Health and Intelligence
(c) Heavenly intercession
(d) Hope, Illinois

15. When can George handle Martha best, does he say?
(a) When they're alone
(b) When she's asleep
(c) When he's drunk
(d) When they're in public

Short Answer Questions

1. When, according to George,did he receive the fateful telegram?

2. What onomatopoetic word does Martha use repeatedly to describe the moment she realized George was a lost cause?

3. How does Martha describe George's arguments during this scene?

4. For what reason does Martha say George married her?

5. What does George do during his game that offends Nick?

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