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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scenery does the play open with?
(a) A street scene.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The scrim wall of the tenement.
(d) The church.

2. The set for "The Amen Corner contains what components?
(a) A church and outside a church.
(b) Living room and bedroom.
(c) Inside and outside of a house.
(d) Home and church.

3. When Sister Moore asks if there's anyone who needs "the Lord's especial attention," who comes forward?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Luke Alexander.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Ida Jackson.

4. The first spoken part of the play is from what character?
(a) David.
(b) Sister Moore.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sister Boxer.

5. Who is it that appears in the alley before the pastor leaves on a trip?
(a) Luke.
(b) Elder Johnson.
(c) Ida Jackson.
(d) Mother Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Tell him to call on the Lord!"

2. Who is in his grave, according to Sister Boxer in the first act?

3. Who says, "Cat got your tongue, Maggie?"

4. Why is everyone silent when Sisters Moore and Boxer finish singing in Act I?

5. Where does the play, "The Amen Corner," take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Brother Boxer see David early in Act II? What was David doing?

2. Why does Margaret want to take David with her to Philadelphia?

3. Describe David as he enters the apartment in Act III.

4. What unholy things does Margaret preach against in Act I, and why are they unholy?

5. Margaret compares the story of King Hezekiah's story to a possible situation of the congregation. What situation does she compare the biblical story to?

6. Why does Odessa lecture people in the church about the costs of operating a church in Act II?

7. In Act III, why is Brother Boxer disgusted with Margaret?

8. What is the sacrifice offering in Act I for?

9. Why does Margaret demand that David turn off the music on the phonograph in Act II?

10. Describe the church in "The Amen Corner."

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