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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tobias, Agnes will be the ________________ to plunge into any depths of madness.
(a) sanest
(b) craziest
(c) last
(d) first

2. What is the format of A DELICATE BALANCE?
(a) A play
(b) A short story
(c) A novel
(d) An essay

3. Who is Agnes and Tobias's daughter?
(a) Jane
(b) Julie
(c) Julia
(d) Juliette

4. Why is Julia returning home?
(a) She is on vacation.
(b) Her marriage is breaking up.
(c) She is ill.
(d) To take care of Agnes and Tobias.

5. What about Harry and Edna baffles Julia in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Their sudden arrival
(b) Their home
(c) Their car
(d) Their clothing

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

7. What is Agnes pondering as Act 1 begins?
(a) What it would be like to go mad.
(b) What she should plant in the vegetable garden.
(c) What it would be like to be a flight attendant.
(d) What she should wear to dinner tonight.

8. Why are the people in the room happy to see Harry and Edna wearing their coats?
(a) They are going out to see a movie.
(b) They think they are leaving.
(c) They are going to pick up some things for dinner.
(d) They have encouraged them to take a walk.

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

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

11. Who leaves the room during a conversation?
(a) Julia
(b) Agnes
(c) Tobias
(d) Doug

12. Harry and Edna are ____________________.
(a) shut up in the bedroom
(b) getting a divorce
(c) leaving in a couple hours
(d) the life of any party

13. From what room do Harry and Edna emerge?
(a) Dining room
(b) Kitchen
(c) Bedroom
(d) Den

14. Surprisingly, Doug is even against whom?
(a) Agnes
(b) Patrice
(c) Sylvia
(d) Tobias

15. Why have Edna and Harry come to Agnes and Tobias's house?
(a) They have a gift for them.
(b) They want to take a swim.
(c) They were just passing through the area.
(d) They were frightened by something at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agnes chastise Tobias?

2. To what city does Tobias say he will move because it is sunny all the time?

3. Who is Julia's estranged husband?

4. What does Tobias give Julia?

5. With whom does the person in #67 pick fights?

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