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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 Brick choose to wear to the event?
(a) Jeans and T shirt
(b) Khakis and polo shirt
(c) An old robe
(d) White silk pajamas

2. What does Brick do when Maggie makes suggestive advances?
(a) Slaps her
(b) Walks away from her
(c) Reminds her of the conditions of their marriage
(d) Screams at her

3. Who is Mae?
(a) Gooper's wife
(b) Brick's sister
(c) Gooper's ex-wife
(d) Maggie's sister

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

5. With which one of Brick's friends did Maggie make love?
(a) Schooner
(b) Skipper
(c) Chip
(d) Chad

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom had people thought Brick had an inappropriate relationship?

2. What function does the setting also serve?

3. Who is Gooper?

4. Who is Skipper?

5. What does Big Daddy think of Brick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gooper try to segue into discussing Big Daddy's health?

2. How do Gooper and Mae justify their suitability for the inheritance?

3. How does Brick explain what happened to Skipper?

4. How do Gooper and Mae react upon hearing that Brick is Big Daddy's favorite child?

5. What is the real truth about Big Daddy's health?

6. What is the setting of Act 2 of the play?

7. What are Maggie's thoughts about Big Daddy's birthday which will be his last?

8. Explain how Maggie seizes the opportunity to take control of all the inheritance talk.

9. Explain why it is difficult for Maggie to have any privacy with Brick in their bedroom.

10. How does Big Mama react to Gooper and Mae's insensitivity?

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