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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 does Goldberg say he treated a girl with when he was younger?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Respect.
(c) Love.
(d) Care.

2. What does Petey excuse himself to do at the end of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Play poker.
(c) Tend to his garden.
(d) Meet friends.

3. What does Meg brag to Goldberg and McCann about regarding Stanley?
(a) His singing.
(b) His looks.
(c) His smarts.
(d) His piano playing.

4. What does McCann whistle in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) A nursery rhyme.
(b) An opera.
(c) An Irish folk song.
(d) A hymn.

5. What is the name of the person who brings in the parcel at the end of the first part?
(a) Meg.
(b) Lulu.
(c) Nat.
(d) McCann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Meg and Petey in the play?

2. Where does McCann sit at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

3. What does Stanley try and figure out while talking to McCann in Act 2, Part 1?

4. What is Stanley invited to by the person who brings in the parcel?

5. What does Meg give Stanley for his second course at breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meg say regarding the black car?

2. What is the nature of Meg and Stanley's conversation regarding his birthday in Act 1, Part 2?

3. How does Stanley react when Meg gives him fried bread?

4. Describe Goldberg's speech in regards to the principles he believes in.

5. How does Goldberg react when McCann calls him Simey?

6. Who is the only character to emerge from the play with his/her delusions intact?

7. Describe Meg and Petey's conversation at the beginning of the play.

8. What is the nature of Meg and Stanley's conversation when he first returns to the boardinghouse in Act 1, Part 2?

9. Describe the interaction between McCann and Lulu when he enters the room in Act 3, Part 2.

10. What does Meg say about breakfast at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?

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