View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edward protest when he is yelled at for playing with the doll?
(a) That Clive lets him.
(b) He denies it.
(c) That Victoria doesn't like or play with the doll.
(d) He had the doll first.

2. What kind of story does Joshua tell Edward while they are on the porch?
(a) The story of his birth.
(b) A fairy tale.
(c) A story of his people and creation of the world.
(d) Wars.

3. During the dispute about Edward's doll, who does Maud slap?
(a) Betty.
(b) Edward.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Ellen.

4. What does Clive try to convince Mrs. Saunders to do when they are in the open field?
(a) Leave his house.
(b) Fight the natives.
(c) Have sex with him.
(d) Surrender to the natives.

5. Before the children arrive, what does Maud tell Clive to do?
(a) Stand up for his family more.
(b) Give his children a better allowance.
(c) Pay more attention to Betty.
(d) Fire Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Clive entrusted with for his job?

2. Why does Harry refuse Edward's request in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What does Edward offer Harry during the second game at the picnic?

4. Who witnesses the confessions made by Betty and Harry?

5. How are the stable boys different from Joshua?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the discussion of the violence in video games?

2. Why would the characters only age 25 years if Act 2 takes place a 100 years later?

3. What evidence is provided that Clive and Betty's marriage is in trouble?

4. How does Betty feel about spending time with other women? Why does she feel this way?

5. What is the significance of Joshua telling Edward a story about his people?

6. Why would Edward not want Clive to hear about the incident with the doll from Ellen?

7. Describe Maud's personality.

8. How does Clive feel that Betty is "eroding" away the standards of his empire?

9. Gerry "if they can do together what they did before" to the Edward the audience met in Act 1. Where has the reader seen this question before and why is it significant?

10. Edward made fun of the women for trying to play sports, yet he wasn't much better. Why would he have made fun of them?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 697 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample