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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. After Guy's audition, who offers suggestions on how to improve the play?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Jarvis.
(c) Mr. Ames
(d) Guy.

2. What do Dafydd's children do when he has been away too long?
(a) Pretend a large male doll is Dafydd.
(b) Call him every day and beg him to come home.
(c) Cry and act out.
(d) Draw happy pictures of the family to hang on the wall.

3. Where does Guy work?
(a) AT&T.
(b) BLM.
(c) FBI.
(d) UPS.

4. What is Dafydd's reaction to his own performance during Guy's audition?
(a) He is overcome with anger.
(b) He brings himself to tears.
(c) He spits at Guy.
(d) He insists that Guy leave the stage.

5. Dafydd says that everything in the Llewellyn house is ______________.
(a) Greek.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Italian.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is singing while sitting at the piano in the corner of the bar?

2. Who named Dafydd's daughters?

3. Why is Guy surprised after he finishes his audition?

4. What is said of Jarvis's age?

5. What is Guy planning to sing for his audition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the second song from The Beggar's Opera in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What is the importance of the first song sung from The Beggar's Opera in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What is the significance of Ian dropping out of the play?

4. Character development is very important in a play. Act 1, Scene 3 is all about character development. How does this bar scene give you the basic information you need to know about most of the characters?

5. What is the importance of the song from The Beggar's Opera in Act 1, Scene 3? What does it add to the scene?

6. Guy is barely mentioned in Act 1, Scene 3, but the reader is still able to glean additional information about his personality. What does this scene tell you about him?

7. What does the short introduction of Crispin tell you about him?

8. Guy was married, but he still seems quite naive when it comes to sexual innuendos. Give an example of his naiveté as it relates Act 1, Scene 6.

9. What is the importance of the discussion of the overwhelming Welsh influence on the Llewellyn family? What does this mean to Hannah?

10. What is the relevance of the song from The Beggar's Opera at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

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