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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fay doing as she sits at the table at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Shaking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Crying.

2. Who overhears part of the conversation between Jarvis and Guy when they are discussing Jarvis's land?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Fay.
(c) Dafydd.
(d) Ian.

3. What does Rebecca offer her guest before their meeting to discuss the BLM land deal?
(a) A drink.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Tea.

4. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2, who is rehearsing?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Ian and Bridget.
(c) Hannah, Linda, and Crispin.
(d) Guy and Ted.

5. What does Fay say might happen if Guy doesn't come through for her and Ian on the land deal?
(a) Ian might demand his role back.
(b) She will stop sleeping with him.
(c) Things could get nasty.
(d) Guy might have an accident.

6. What does Guy do that requires the assistance of several of the women in the troupe?
(a) Contemplate his future.
(b) Sing about the finer things in life.
(c) Change into his MacHeath costume.
(d) Look for Hannah.

7. What does Fay realize about Guy's lady friend who was to accompany him?
(a) She is a former model.
(b) She was a very good friend of Guy's deceased wife.
(c) She is not coming.
(d) She is late.

8. What kind of song does Guy sing at the end of Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) A rock song.
(b) A drinking song.
(c) A love song.
(d) A lullaby.

9. What is happening at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Another rehearsal of The Beggar's Opera.
(b) A fight between Enid and Tom.
(c) Guy is practicing his lines by himself.
(d) Another night at the bar.

10. Who performs the song in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) The women in the play.
(b) Crispin as MacHeath.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Guy as Filch.

11. What hangs on the walls of Ian and Fay's living room?
(a) Kids' artwork.
(b) Tiny bits of paper with love notes written on them.
(c) Erotic paintings.
(d) Velvet Elvis paintings.

12. What reasoning does Fay give for Ian giving up his role in the play?
(a) Because he was moving on to bigger and better things.
(b) Because he expected Guy to feel indebted to him.
(c) To give Guy the bigger part so Guy will work the land deal for him.
(d) Because he didn't like the part.

13. What does Bridget do when rehearsal breaks?
(a) She leaves with Crispin.
(b) She puts on the kettle for tea.
(c) She goes to the bar.
(d) She sits down on the edge of the stage and sobs.

14. Who is the only person who doesn't do what all of the other women do at the end of the song in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Linda.
(b) Enid.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Bridget.

15. What is Ian waiting for Guy's friend to do as he takes a huge gulp of his drink?
(a) Bring him a drink.
(b) Redress.
(c) Leave.
(d) Tidy up in the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crispin do when rehearsal breaks after the scene between him and Guy?

2. What is Guy's response when Hannah asks him if he has found a pair of Dafydd's missing underwear?

3. What does the author say Fay and Ian are hooked on?

4. What is the song about at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

5. What is in the bag that Fay gives to Guy?

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