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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the group of bellboys as more things are moved into the hotel room?
(a) It shrinks.
(b) It moves further away from Madame Rosepettle.
(c) It grows.
(d) It lifts off the ground.

2. In Scene 1, dialogue and characters seem to be ________________.
(a) Extremely significant.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Normal.

3. Who refuses to be satisfied with the men in her room?
(a) Madame Rosepettle's piranha.
(b) Madame Rosepettle.
(c) Rosalie.
(d) Jonathan's cat.

4. How are the men described as they try to figure out what to do with the object?
(a) Tickled.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Nonchalant.

5. Why does Madame Rosepettle complain to the bellboys about her piranha?
(a) They didn't give it enough water.
(b) They fed it the wrong kind of food.
(c) They put it too far away from her bed.
(d) They aren't paying attention to it.

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

7. What does Madame Rosepettle give the men as a tip?
(a) Her plants.
(b) A blank check.
(c) Cash.
(d) Stamps and coins.

8. What happens to the object after something is broken off of it?
(a) It becomes much lighter.
(b) It falls to the ground.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is placed on the bed.

9. 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) No.
(c) Yes, it is clear that Kopit intended her to be depicted this way.
(d) It is unclear.

10. Which word describes the hotel where Scene 1 takes place?
(a) Minimal.
(b) Tight.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Seedy.

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

12. This play is a reaction to what artistic concept?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Minimalism.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Dadaism.

13. Who does Madame Rosepettle tell to make a note to have the bellboys fired?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Herself.
(c) Commodore Roseabove.
(d) Her husband.

14. On what does Jonathan draw Xs in Scene 1?
(a) The bedspread.
(b) His mother's handkerchief.
(c) Paper.
(d) His hand.

15. When Madame Rosepettle asks Jonathan to do something, what does he do?
(a) Cries.
(b) Talks rudely to her.
(c) Exactly what she tells him to do.
(d) The opposite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author suggest will become Madame Rosepettle's next lover?

2. Which phrase best describes Jonathan in terms of his relationship with his mother?

3. What does the person Madame Rosepettle plans to meet at the end of Scene 1 own?

4. What does the additional man arrive with in the hotel room?

5. How would the plot of the first scene be described?

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