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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Honey do when she realizes Nick told George about her hysterical pregnancy?
(a) She storms out of the house
(b) She slaps him
(c) She throws up
(d) She passes out

2. How many times did George and Martha's son run away from home in one year according to Martha?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Two
(c) Twelve
(d) Six

3. Which composer does George put on as dance music?
(a) Vivaldi
(b) Brahms
(c) Beethoven
(d) Mozart

4. What part of George is broken according to Nick?
(a) His heart
(b) His back
(c) His neck
(d) His mind

5. How does Martha describe George's arguments during this scene?
(a) Sophmoric
(b) Vicious
(c) Convoluted
(d) Petty

6. Where does Martha say she keeps her tears?
(a) In a reliquary
(b) In ice trays
(c) In the shower
(d) In the toilet cistern

7. What does George do with his book in the last moment of Act 2?
(a) Tear it apart
(b) Cries into it
(c) Throws it across the room
(d) Continuess reading it

8. As Nick attacks George for betraying him, George says that he hates what?
(a) Hypocrisy
(b) Inconsistency
(c) Misery
(d) Pathos

9. 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) Anemia
(b) Appendicitis
(c) Dyspepsia
(d) A toothache

10. What job does Martha assign to Nick in Act 3?
(a) Cook
(b) Butler
(c) Houseboy
(d) Gigolo

11. Which of the following is not among the descriptors George uses to describe Martha during this section?
(a) Dirty-minded
(b) Under-educated
(c) Self-indulgent
(d) Liquor-ridden

12. According to Martha, what does weakness cry out against?
(a) Strength, goodness, and innocence
(b) Fortitude, family, and togetherness
(c) Hope, love, and joy
(d) Anger, injustice, and despair

13. Which of the following is not something to which Martha compares herself in her Act 3 monologue?
(a) A pussycat
(b) A vinegary wine
(c) A creeping vine
(d) An old shoe

14. As George talks about his "second novel," where does he suggest the Midwestern lover begin to "poke around" with each other?
(a) Behind the general store
(b) In the hayloft
(c) At the drive-in
(d) Under the vanity table

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit does George accuse Martha of in this scene?

2. In what liquor does George tell Martha to put the flowers?

3. Which of the following is not a party game mentioned by George in the second act?

4. What language does George begin speaking partway through Martha's description of their son?

5. What does George tell Martha is the first thing they have to do?

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