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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Chief say he will do when the rebellion is over?
(a) He will move back into the whorehouse.
(b) He will marry Irma.
(c) He will shut down the whorehouse.
(d) He will take Irma away with him.

2. What type of reputation does The Balcony have?
(a) A poor reputation.
(b) A local reputation for providing for fantasies.
(c) A mediocre reputation.
(d) A worldwide reputation of excellence.

3. Why are these experiences important?
(a) They are exciting.
(b) They provide a release for visitors.
(c) They earn money for Irma.
(d) They remain pure.

4. What do Irma and the General discuss at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Whether or not he still loves her.
(b) Why is has not joined the rebellion.
(c) The risks he took to get there and the dangers caused by the revolution.
(d) If he will be moving back into the whorehouse.

5. What is Irma concerned about regarding the rebels?
(a) They will kill the Queen.
(b) They will kill Chantal.
(c) They will not succeed.
(d) They are taking the game too seriously.

6. What does the Chief of Police vow?
(a) To be the ruler of the new country.
(b) To join the rebellion.
(c) One day someone will pretend to be him.
(d) To save the Queen.

7. What has Roger convinced Chantal to do?
(a) Leave the rebel movement.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Join the rebel movement.
(d) Go back to prostituting herself.

8. What does Irma say will happen to her if the rebels succeed?
(a) She will go out of business.
(b) She will be very successful.
(c) She will have to change some of her business practices.
(d) She will open another house.

9. Why is the Chief of Police disappointed?
(a) No one wants to pretend to be him.
(b) There are no more costumes left for him to borrow.
(c) No one is doing a scenario today.
(d) His power is waning.

10. What does the Prisoner call the Executioner, as she pleads with him?
(a) Luke.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Roger.

11. What does Irma ask Carmen?
(a) If she will join the rebels.
(b) What she knows about Chantal.
(c) How much longer she will be working at The Balcony.
(d) If she loves her.

12. What happens when Irma leaves the Bishop?
(a) He loses complete control.
(b) He confesses his own sins.
(c) He prays.
(d) He begins to cry.

13. What does Irma urge Carmen to continue doing?
(a) Playing the role of saints.
(b) Finding joy and pride in her work.
(c) Thinking about her daughter.
(d) Spying on the rebels.

14. What does the Prisoner confess to the Judge?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She is innocent.
(c) She is not a Prisoner.
(d) She is an actress.

15. Why is Carmen thoughtful and sad?
(a) She is in love with Arthur.
(b) She is in love with one of her visitors.
(c) She is worried about the rebels.
(d) She is thinking about her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Armand doing as Roger comments on how foolish vanity is?

2. How has Irma felt waiting for the Chief of Police?

3. When did Carmen feel real beauty?

4. What ultimately makes Carmen unhappy?

5. How are the lives of the real Bishop, Judge, and General different from those that become them as part of a fantasy?

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