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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. How much older than Karen is Steve?
(a) 10 years older.
(b) 12 years older.
(c) 4 years older.
(d) 5 years older.
2. For how long does Barbara say she's shared a bed with Bill in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 23 years.
3. How did Johnna's father die?
(a) He was in a plane crash.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He died from cancer.
(d) He committed suicide.
4. What does Jean offer Johnna when she visits her in her room in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Beer.
(d) Marijuana.
5. When did "all structural care" cease on the Weston home, according to the stage directions in the Prologue?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what crime did the sheriff's father go to the penitentiary, according to Mattie Fae in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What song does Violet play on the stereo when she comes downstairs to Sheriff Gilbeau in Act 1, Scene 4?
3. What does Sheriff Gilbeau give to Violet when she descends the stairs in Act 1, Scene 4?
4. What is the name of the book that Beverly wrote and published?
5. What month does Violet claim it is in the beginning of Act 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the reference to Sheriff Gilbeau in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What is the first climax that occurs in Act 1, Scene 4?
3. What information is revealed to the reader/audience in Act 1, Scene 3?
4. What is significant about Violet's comments about aging women in Act 2?
5. What literary allusions does Beverly Weston make in the play's Prologue?
6. How is the theme of interpersonal responsibilities illustrated in the beginning of Act 2?
7. What foreshadowing can be seen in Act 1, Scene 1?
8. How is the temperature of the Weston home metaphorical in August: Osage County?
9. How does the revelation of Beverly's death tie into the themes of the play?
10. What foreshadowing is revealed in the Prologue to August: Osage County?
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