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

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

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

4. What word can describe the object the men are moving into the hotel room at the beginning of the play?
(a) Decorative.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Extravagant.
(d) Antique.

5. Does Jonathan deliberately try to make the bellboys upset?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Yes, and he does succeed.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, but he does not succeed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Scene 1, dialogue and characters seem to be ________________.

3. What does Madame Rosepettle's piranha eat?

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

5. Which character can be described as forceful and rude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Madame Rosepettle treat the commodore with respect? Why or why not?

2. How is Rosalie's loneliness described in Scene 2?

3. How does the author present Jonathan's character in Scene 1?

4. Based on Madame Rosepettle's assessment of Rosalie's character, do you think Rosalie is as innocent as she lets on?

5. What is Madame Rosepettle's bedroom like? Does this describe what you would have expected?

6. How can you explain the minimal amount of reaction to corpses in Scene 3?

7. What do you make of Jonathan's fear of leaving his hotel room?

8. How does Scene 2 end?

9. How does Madame Rosepettle treat the bellboys in Scene 1?

10. What attractive qualities do you think Rosalie sees in Jonathan?

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