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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 does Madame Rosepettle ask the bellboys about in the harbor?
(a) A seal.
(b) A castle.
(c) A yacht.
(d) A restaurant.

2. What does the additional man arrive with in the hotel room?
(a) Encyclopedias.
(b) A Dictaphone.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A television.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Madame Rosepettle admit to not being?

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

3. This play is a reaction to what artistic concept?

4. How does Jonathan treat the bellboys?

5. Which word describes the hotel where Scene 1 takes place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact does Jonathan's speech impediment have on readers' perceptions of his character?

2. From the information given in Scene 2, is Rosalie a good or a bad influence on Jonathan?

3. Do you like Rosalie? Why or why not?

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

5. Why does Jonathan bring up the topic of his mother's Venus flytraps?

6. Do you think Madame Rosepettle is insane? Why or why not?

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

8. Are the characters of Rosalie and Madame Rosepettle similar in any way? How?

9. What was extraordinary about Madame Rosepettle's pregnancy?

10. Describe the setting of Scene 1.

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