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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not understand Agnes's actions in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Julia
(b) Harry
(c) Tobias
(d) Sylvia

2. What does Julia consider Tobias to be now?
(a) Inessential
(b) Inspirational
(c) Heroic
(d) Nuisance

3. Which character seems to be the only steady person in the house?
(a) Tobias
(b) Harry
(c) Julia
(d) Agnes

4. What does Tobias give Julia?
(a) A car
(b) A loan
(c) Some old photos
(d) A warning about her behavior

5. What is Claire's affliction?
(a) She is dyslexic.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She is overweight.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

6. Why does Agnes leave the room?
(a) Answer the door
(b) Make a phone call
(c) Fix her makeup
(d) Check on dinner

7. What is the setting for Act 1?
(a) Dining room
(b) Living room
(c) Gazebo
(d) Veranda

8. What does Claire say is the only thing Tobias has in common with his best friend?
(a) They are both excellent golfers.
(b) They both drive the same kind of car.
(c) They both had an affair with the same woman one summer.
(d) They both have two daughters and two sons.

9. Tobias could not force the cat to _________________.
(a) eat
(b) stay indoors
(c) love him
(d) use the litter box

10. Claire asks Tobias why he no longer has _________________________.
(a) his business
(b) any money
(c) sex with his wife
(d) any friends

11. Agnes leaves the room to call whom?
(a) Julie
(b) Jane
(c) Juliette
(d) Julia

12. Who is the main female character?
(a) Annette
(b) Ava
(c) Anne
(d) Agnes

13. Where do Edna and Harry spend the night?
(a) A neighbor's house
(b) The guest cottage
(c) Julia's room
(d) A Holiday Inn

14. What does Tobias tell Julia the he and Agnes have?
(a) unconditional love for her
(b) real emotions and limits
(c) a proposal for her
(d) a terminal illness

15. Tobias recalls ______________ who stopped loving him.
(a) a cat
(b) his first wife
(c) his brother
(d) his mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Harry and Edna going?

2. What does Tobias offer Claire when Agnes leaves the room?

3. Why have Edna and Harry come to Agnes and Tobias's house?

4. Overall, Tobias feels ____________ about Claire's life.

5. Who is Agnes's sister?

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