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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 is the mood of the characters in the last scene?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Cheerful.

2. Who is Mary?
(a) The Smith's cook and maid.
(b) The Smith's daughter.
(c) The next door neighbor.
(d) The Martin's cook and maid.

3. What observation does Mr. Smith make about the human heart?
(a) It is easily fooled.
(b) It is easily broken.
(c) It is ageless.
(d) It does not really exist.

4. What inconsistencies exist about Mr. and Mrs. Watson's children?
(a) Their names.
(b) Their appearances.
(c) If they are really brother and sister.
(d) Whether any children actually exist.

5. What time is it when the clock strikes 17 times at the beginning of the play?
(a) Twelve o'clock.
(b) Seventeen o'clock.
(c) Seven o'clock.
(d) Nine o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Smith claim to know the Fire Chief's mother?

2. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith opens it?

3. Why did the Fire Chief ring the doorbell?

4. In Mr. Smith's story, "The Snake and the Fox", what new feature does the snake obviously possess?

5. What comment does Mrs. Martin make about Mary's poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary.

2. Describe the story of "The Snake and the Fox."

3. Describe Mr. Martin.

4. What revelation does Mary give about the Martin family?

5. What ironic elements exist in the play?

6. Describe Mrs. Martin.

7. Describe the story of the calf that gave birth to a cow.

8. How is mediocrity presented in the play?

9. What is the point of the story, "The Headcold"?

10. What effect does the outcome of the play have on the characters?

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