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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the speaker introduced?
(a) As Pete Clancy.
(b) As Tom Clayton.
(c) As Tim Wallace.
(d) As Mike Carter.

2. Why does the Voice correct Fatt's mileage estimate?
(a) To support Fatt.
(b) To get the workers' attention.
(c) He just likes to talk.
(d) To discredit what Fatt says.

3. How does Benjamin's unexpected job loss affect his understanding of the world?
(a) His understanding remains unchanged.
(b) He understands he is powerless to change the world.
(c) It is just another bad day for him.
(d) He realizes he has a responsibility to change the world.

4. What "complications" result in Benjamin's firing?
(a) He is Jewish.
(b) Benjamin punches a doctor.
(c) The board makes a mistake.
(d) Benjamin complains to the board about closing the ward.

5. How does the hack feel about his girl?
(a) She is a way to pass the time.
(b) He is stuck on her.
(c) He is confused about her.
(d) He is excited about their future together.

6. What metaphor for time does Clayton use to discourage a strike?
(a) Roasting nuts.
(b) Basting meat.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Unripe fruit.

7. What symbolic act does Benjamin perform at the end of his meeting with Dr. Barnes?
(a) A raised clenched fist.
(b) A Communist salute.
(c) He removes his lab coat.
(d) A handshake.

8. What lesson does Benjamin learn about theory versus life experience?
(a) Experience and theories are not related.
(b) Life experience makes theories believable.
(c) Theory is nothing more than conjecture.
(d) His opinion about the two is unchanged.

9. What is the speaker's attitude toward Fatt?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Unsupportive.
(d) Indifferent.

10. What is the reason Dr. Barnes gives Benjamin for closing his ward?
(a) Inadequate number of patients.
(b) Change in services.
(c) Budget deficit.
(d) Loss of staff.

11. How does Clayton exit the meeting?
(a) Walks out slowly while talking to workers.
(b) Rushes out for the next meeting.
(c) Shakes hands with workers on the way out.
(d) Rushes out to avoid an attack from workers.

12. How is the girl like Miller from Scene 3?
(a) She works in a laboratory.
(b) She does not smoke or drink.
(c) She just got a raise.
(d) She just lost her job.

13. Who are the hack and his girl?
(a) Joe and Edna.
(b) Irv and Florence.
(c) Irv and Edna.
(d) Sid and Florence.

14. What does the hack do for a living?
(a) Works as a butcher.
(b) Drives a taxi cab.
(c) Performs surgery on animals.
(d) Makes furniture out of wood.

15. What is one of the rewards Sam can expect for fighting in the war?
(a) He gets to play basketball.
(b) He becomes a hero.
(c) Girls will think he's special.
(d) He can work wherever he wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the speaker different from other workers?

2. How does the girl feel about the hack?

3. What do Fatt's men do to the Voice?

4. What are the three things Florence says she wants from life?

5. Why does Benjamin feel that he will not be affected by the ward closing?

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