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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 happens to Dorothea's husband?
(a) He leaves Dorothea.
(b) He has a stroke and is unable to communicate.
(c) He dies suddenly.
(d) He is crippled in an accident.

2. Where in scene 3 does the audience feel sympathy for Dorothea?
(a) When Dorothea meets her husband.
(b) When Dorothea is tremendously ill.
(c) When Dorothea is forced into marriage and deprived of an education.
(d) When Dorothea is pregnant with Artie.

3. Where does Artie find employment at the end of scene 2?
(a) Artie can't find a job.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a small college.
(d) At a private school.

4. Who opens scene 2?
(a) Echo's father.
(b) Artie.
(c) Echo.
(d) Dorothea.

5. What trait does Artie say she has that makes her life so hard?
(a) She has freckles.
(b) She is too tall.
(c) She cannot remember details.
(d) She is unable to forget anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene 3, which character does the audience meet more fully?

2. How many generations of women does this play cover?

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

4. What children do Dorothea and her husband have?

5. What was Dorothea's childhood like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Artie named after and how does this name match her personality?

2. What do you think the purpose of this scene 3 is?

3. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

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

5. Why do you think Artie is unable to communicate effectively with her daughter?

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

7. Why do you think Dorothea felt little or no grief when her husband died?

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

9. How does Dorothea's choice to become an eccentric take away Artie's freedom?

10. Who is the controller in the play? Who is being controlled?

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