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

2. Why are Harry and Edna going home?
(a) To get a few things
(b) To water the plants
(c) To get their mail
(d) To check on the stove

3. Agnes feels that going mad would be very _______________.
(a) scary
(b) appropriate
(c) liberating
(d) idealistic

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

5. Where are Harry and Edna going?
(a) Church
(b) Movies
(c) Hospital
(d) Home

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Harry and Edna staying in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. According to Agnes, it is ruined love and _____________________ that make her lash out at Claire.

3. Who does Tobias attempt to defend all the time?

4. What does Agnes worry about more than she worries about going mad?

5. Who is Agnes's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Agnes distance herself from the responsibility of how to manage the people in the house?

2. What is Thomas reminded of when asked to speak to Julia and her husband?

3. Why is Agnes and Tobias's daughter, Julia, coming home again?

4. What is the setting for Act 1 of A DELICATE BALANCE?

5. How do Tobias and Agnes deal with Julia's fit of hysterics?

6. What special quality does Agnes feel she has regarding the family?

7. How does Julia serve as the tipping point for Tobias's tolerance?

8. What is the topic that Agnes ponders out loud?

9. What does Agnes ask of Tobias regarding Julia's marriage?

10. For what reason does Agnes take such a resolute position regarding her family?

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