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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 is Celia Ray's birth name?
(a) Maria Theresa Beneventi.
(b) Angelina Ballarti.
(c) Mary Carlucci.
(d) Carmella Rosada.

2. In Chapter Two, what was the name of the play Billy and Peg wrote together?
(a) Showboat.
(b) The Upstairs Downstairs.
(c) Her Jolly Affair.
(d) Three's Company.

3. In Chapter Two, who does Vivian meet at Grand Central Station instead of Aunt Peg?
(a) Donald Herbert.
(b) Olive Thompson.
(c) Celia Ray.
(d) Billy Buell.

4. Where did Vivian's mother go to college?
(a) Barnard.
(b) Sarah Lawrence.
(c) Smith.
(d) Vassar.

5. Who was George Bernard Shaw's favorite actress, according to Vivian in Chapter Nine?
(a) Helen Mirren.
(b) Ethel Barrymore.
(c) Edna Parker Watson.
(d) Helen Hayes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which skill is Vivian especially talented at?

2. Who is The Lily's Songwriter?

3. In Chapter Nine, what does Vivian say is Enda's greatest natural gift?

4. What cocktail does Peg seem to favor the most when she drinks at home?

5. What kind of plays is Enda best known for performing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Celia Ray become Vivian's roommate?

2. How does Vivian's Aunt Peg receive her when Vivian first appears at The Lily?

3. In Chapter Three, what does Vivian refer to as her "perfect" New York?

4. What circumstances bring Edna Parker Watson and Arthur Watson to The Lily Playhouse?

5. How does Vivian describe Celia's feelings about being assaulted in the hotel room in Chapter 7?

6. In Chapter Seven, why does Celia tell Vivian to go get her cigarettes and not come back to the hotel room?

7. How does Vivian use her sewing and design skills to help out at The Lily?

8. How does Vivian's Aunt Peg come by enough money to have bought The Lily Playhouse?

9. How does Vivian spend most of her time during her one year at Vassar College?

10. In Chapter Two, who meets Vivian at the train station and what is this person like?

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