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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miriamne's opinion of Mio's personal philosophy?
(a) Cripples often need a crutch.
(b) He believes the very faith he denies.
(c) Faith determines the will.
(d) The tree is only as strong as the roots are deep.

2. Who let the Tramp stay in the apartment last winter?
(a) Garth.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Miriamne.
(d) Trock.

3. Why does Judge Gaunt offer Esdras money?
(a) He feels guilty about the case.
(b) He knows Garth has stolen money from Esdras.
(c) Esdras took care of him.
(d) To keep quiet.

4. Why does Mio swear at Miriamne?
(a) He wants her to stay at home.
(b) An incomplete letter is useless.
(c) She is betraying her own flesh and blood.
(d) He realizes she knows who he is.

5. Why didn't Miriamne tell the police the truth about Garth?
(a) She hates the police.
(b) To honor her father.
(c) She couldn't turn her brother in.
(d) She feared for his life.

6. According to Mio, who destroyed his father?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Trock.
(c) The world and society.
(d) The Father of Lies.

7. What does Miriamne give Mio before he leaves in Act 2?
(a) A slap.
(b) A hug.
(c) Money.
(d) The letter.

8. In Act 2, how does Mio keep Trock from leaving the room?
(a) By locking the door.
(b) With Trock's own gun.
(c) By blocking the doorway.
(d) By threatening to call the police.

9. Why does the Tramp laugh at the judge in Act 2?
(a) He is singing a raunchy song.
(b) He launches into a recitation of the Preamble to the Constitution.
(c) He falls over the doorstep.
(d) He dances to the sound of the piano.

10. What is Mio's full first name?
(a) Miotelli.
(b) Antonmeo.
(c) Bartolomeo.
(d) Mione.

11. Where is Act 2 set?
(a) In basement apartment near the bridge.
(b) On the banks of a river under a bridge.
(c) On top of the bridge.
(d) On the roof of the tenement building.

12. Who is Miriamne waiting for in the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Garth.
(c) Mio.
(d) Trock.

13. When Mio was four, where did he visit his father?
(a) Near the river.
(b) In a park.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In prison.

14. Who is accused of Shadow's death?
(a) The Tramp.
(b) Mio.
(c) Romanga.
(d) Trock

15. Why does the Tramp enter the apartment in Act 2?
(a) Esdras needs him to deliver a message.
(b) He is looking for a place to stay.
(c) To deliver a message.
(d) He is bleeding and needs help.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 3, what advice does Mio give Miriamne about love?

2. What does Miriamne offer Mio in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. In the beginning of Act 2, what sound can be heard offstage?

4. Why does Miriamne apologize to Esdras at the beginning of Act 2?

5. According to Judge Gaunt's critics, which character should have been called as a witness in Romagna's trial?

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