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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who performs the burial for Conchita?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her son.

2. What did the the shy boy help Conchita carry out?
(a) An annual Cuban ritual.
(b) A Christmas celebration.
(c) A traditional cigar making ceremony.
(d) A part of her wedding ceremony.

3. Why don't Conchita and Palomo get divorced?
(a) Palomo won't allow it.
(b) They are Roman Catholic.
(c) They continue to work together.
(d) Her lover does not wish it.

4. How long has Teodoro been gone before the play begins?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. Which character in the story does Santiago identify with?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Levin.
(c) Anna.
(d) Vronsky.

6. Why doesn't Santiago want to face Chechy?
(a) He knows the story bothers him.
(b) He knows that Chechy slept with his wife.
(c) He doesn't like Chechy.
(d) He doesn't have the money to repay the loan.

7. Who do the two characters who are not speaking to each other use to help deliver barbs to each other?
(a) Marela.
(b) Juan.
(c) Chechy.
(d) Palomo.

8. What is the lector's role in a Cuban cigar factory?
(a) To calm the workers.
(b) To increse productivity.
(c) To manange the plant.
(d) To educate and inform.

9. How does Juan Julian feel?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Confident.
(c) Excited.
(d) Nervous.

10. Who steps in to break up the clash?
(a) Ofelia.
(b) Marela.
(c) Chechy.
(d) Santiago.

11. Which character is newly arrived?
(a) Ofelia.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Juan Julian.

12. Which of the following characters works late at the factory?
(a) Marela.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Ofelia.
(d) Conchita.

13. What does Conchita know about her husband?
(a) He cannot open up easily.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) He has a mistress.
(d) He should have been the lectur.

14. Why does Juan Julian reconsider the choice of book?
(a) He thinks his choice will deepen Chechy's torment.
(b) Only Ofelia seems interested in that book.
(c) He does not think the men will like the book.
(d) Chechy has told him he will leave if he reads that book.

15. Which of the following terms is the best definition of a superstition?
(a) False notion.
(b) Scientific proof.
(c) Uncontrollable desire.
(d) Religious belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juan Julian talk to Conchita and Marela about?

2. What does Juan Julian tell Conchita Tolstoy understands better than any other writers?

3. What is the band on a cigar the symbol of?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how act 1 scene 5 opens?

5. Which of the following describes the types of tasks workers in the factory perform?

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