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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Mae's children interrupts Brick and Maggie during their argument?
(a) Mason
(b) Halle
(c) James
(d) Dixie

2. What did the family discuss at dinner which Brick missed?
(a) Admitting Brick to an alcoholic treatment center
(b) Big Mama's new furniture
(c) Maggie's going to a fertility center
(d) Big Daddy's new car

3. What does Big Mama think Big Daddy's disease is?
(a) Gastroparesis
(b) Gastroenteritis
(c) Spastic colon
(d) Acid reflux

4. What other advantage do Brick and Maggie have in the inheritance issue?
(a) Maggie is pregnant
(b) Brick is very loyal to Big Daddy
(c) Big Mama's respect for Brick
(d) Big Daddy finds Maggie attractive

5. Who interrupts Brick and Maggie by pounding on the door?
(a) A no-necked monster
(b) Gooper
(c) Big Mama
(d) Mae

6. What does Brick advise Maggie to do?
(a) Get him another drink
(b) Take a cold shower
(c) Take a lover
(d) Help with dinner

7. What secret does the family intend to keep from Big Daddy?
(a) That Maggie is infertile
(b) That Lacey is his child
(c) That Big Mama is sick
(d) That he has terminal cancer

8. How does Brick feel about the upcoming event?
(a) He hopes he is well enough to attend
(b) He is looking forward to the event
(c) He has no intentions of going to the event
(d) He bristles at the thought of a family event

9. What does Maggie call Mae's children?
(a) Little darlings
(b) Balls of sugar
(c) Minor annoyances
(d) No-neck monsters

10. Who is one of the main characters?
(a) Brick
(b) Alex
(c) Brett
(d) Brian

11. What is the location for the setting?
(a) Biloxi
(b) The Pollitt plantation
(c) New Orleans
(d) The countryside

12. Why is the play's name attributed to that character?
(a) Feline facial characteristics
(b) High spirits and perseverance
(c) Feline movements
(d) Jumpy nerves

13. Who occupies the setting of the first act?
(a) Brick and Maggie
(b) Anyone in town
(c) Anyone invited
(d) Gooper and Mae

14. What is Big Daddy's perception of Gooper and Mae's brood?
(a) He dotes on them
(b) He thinks they are average
(c) He can take them or leave them
(d) He can barely tolerate them

15. What does the doctor intend to tell Big Mama tonight?
(a) The truth about Big Daddy's disease
(b) That Big Daddy needs a vacation
(c) Which medications Big Daddy needs
(d) That she has cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. What function does the setting also serve?

2. Who is the other main character?

3. What would help Maggie endure her ongoing state of sexual deprivation?

4. What does Brick refuse to do that frustrates Maggie?

5. What is the setting for the play's opening act?

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