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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. Where does the family live?
(a) Southern plantation
(b) A ranch
(c) Ranch house in the suburbs
(d) Townhouse in the city

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

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

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

5. With whom had people thought Brick had an inappropriate relationship?
(a) Mae
(b) Lacey
(c) Skipper
(d) Schooner

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the patriarch of the family?

2. How many children does Mae have?

3. What is Maggie's purpose for entering the room?

4. Why is the play's name attributed to that character?

5. Who is Gooper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Maggie fulfilled her role as a cat on a hot tin roof?

2. What is one way that Maggie might be able to endure this period of sexual deprivation in her marriage?

3. What is Big Daddy's experience with mendacity?

4. How does Big Daddy indicate that he is back in control of running the plantation?

5. Explain the irony in Brick's relationship with Skipper.

6. How does Brick respond to Maggie's plan?

7. What does Maggie say that creates the play's title?

8. What is the irony of Brick's hatred of mendacity in others?

9. What is Brick's explanation for his broken ankle?

10. What are Maggie's plans for outwaiting Brick's current indifference toward her?

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