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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is this play written?
(a) 1914.
(b) 2009.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1960.

2. Which character in Scene 1 seems to be most insane?
(a) Madame Rosepettle.
(b) The hotel owner.
(c) Rosalie.
(d) Jonathan.

3. What object are the men moving into the hotel room?
(a) A trunk.
(b) A television.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A coffin.

4. Why does Jonathan draw Xs in Scene 1?
(a) He is being rebellious.
(b) He is making a map.
(c) He likes to doodle.
(d) He didn't understand his mother.

5. By the end of Scene 1, is Madame Rosepettle depicted as self-centered?
(a) Yes, but Kopit did not intend for readers to see her this way.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) Yes, it is clear that Kopit intended her to be depicted this way.
(d) No.

6. What does Madame Rosepettle say about the tip she gives the bellboys?
(a) It is very valuable.
(b) They don't deserve it.
(c) They earned it with their hard work.
(d) It is all she has.

7. On the surface, how is Madame Rosepettle defined?
(a) Ugly and demanding.
(b) Soft and warm.
(c) Clean and smooth.
(d) Beautiful and extravagant.

8. How would the plot of the first scene be described?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Logical.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Boring.

9. Which character can be described as forceful and rude?
(a) Rosalie.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) The bellboy.
(d) Madame Rosepettle.

10. What does Madame Rosepettle's piranha eat?
(a) Cats.
(b) Salad.
(c) Steak.
(d) Shrimp.

11. Who berates the men in the hotel room?
(a) Rosalie.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Madame Rosepettle.
(d) Madame Rosepettle's parrot.

12. Where does Madame Rosepettle say she received the best treatment?
(a) Paris.
(b) Her own home.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) New York City.

13. What does the reader think Madame Rosepettle's next relationship will be like?
(a) Trusting.
(b) Secretive.
(c) Loving.
(d) Unpleasant.

14. Who does the author suggest will become Madame Rosepettle's next lover?
(a) One of the bellboys.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Commodore Roseabove.
(d) Albert.

15. Which phrase best describes Jonathan in terms of his relationship with his mother?
(a) He stays in her shadow.
(b) He is becoming a rebellious adolescent.
(c) He feels protected by her.
(d) He is her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the men described as they try to figure out what to do with the object?

2. What happens to the object after something is broken off of it?

3. What literary technique does Kopit use in the final few lines of Scene 1?

4. When Madame Rosepettle asks Jonathan to do something, what does he do?

5. What happens to the group of bellboys as more things are moved into the hotel room?

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