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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 do non-italicized parentheses within the play indicate?
(a) Overlapping lines.
(b) Words intended but unspoken.
(c) Active silences.
(d) That the dialogue is meant to be spoken aloud.

2. In what state does the play take place?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

3. What sound is heard outside that causes Ani to ask Eddie if she can just mail his belongings to him?
(a) A scream.
(b) The click of high heels on pavement.
(c) A woman's high, chattering voice.
(d) A car horn.

4. What is John's first guess regarding Jess's major at Princeton?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Art history.
(d) Environmental science.

5. Within the section entitled Some Notes on Performance, the word "fuckin" (6) is noted to stand in for a comma in what state?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city had Ani lived with Eddie during their marriage?

2. For what reason does Jess appear at John's door at the start of Scene One?

3. Once Eddie leaves Ani alone in her apartment, what activity does she undertake?

4. John reports to Jess that many of his "joints feel like" (62) what?

5. In what type of establishment does the Prologue take place, as it focuses on the character of Eddie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Jess finally tell John to placate him?

2. What does Eddie do for a living?

3. How is Jess's character described within the character notes at the start of Scene One?

4. What is one theme represented within one of the three quotes within the Epigraph section?

5. What final question does John ask Jess before he offers her a job?

6. In what way does Majok instruct the reader to interpret the word "fuckin" (6) within the dialogue of the play?

7. What impetus has brought Eddie to the bar in Brooklyn?

8. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

9. What simile does John use to describe what having cerebral palsy feels like?

10. What is the setting of Scene One?

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