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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 last name of the family in this play?
(a) Heathers.
(b) Westover.
(c) Brookshire.
(d) Westbrook.

2. How does Artie feel about the outcome of her pregnancy?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Deeply traumatized.
(c) Relief.
(d) Happiness.

3. What is Artie's relationship to Dorothea?
(a) Artie is Dorothea's husband.
(b) Artie is Dorothea's daughter.
(c) Artie is Dorothea's father.
(d) Artie is Dorothea's granddaughter.

4. How is Dorothea's health as the play opens?
(a) Dorothea has had a stroke and is mute.
(b) Dorothea has a broken arm.
(c) Dorothea is in excellent health.
(d) Dorothea has a concussion from falling.

5. The play's title is most relevant to which character?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Artie.
(c) Echo's father.
(d) Echo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foreshadows the relationship between Echo and Artie in the first scene?

2. Who enters the first scene wearing wings?

3. How does Dorothea feel about her husband?

4. In scene 3, when does the audience feel happy for Dorothea?

5. How concerned is Artie about her fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

2. In scene 1, Dorothea has had a stroke and is rendered mute. Why do you think Echo insists she can hear Dorothea?

3. Why do you think Dorothea has such high expectations of Artie?

4. Why is it ironic that Artie constantly drills spelling words to Echo?

5. What do you think the author's purpose was in having Echo spelling heard between Dorothea's recollections?

6. Artie begins and ends scene two. What do we learn about the character?

7. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

8. What is the primary complication between the Westbrook women in this play?

9. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

10. What skill does Echo have, and how does this skill become a form of communication between Echo and her mother?

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