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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. How old is Artie when she has her first tutor?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 13.

2. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.
(a) Exploiting.
(b) Having fun with.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Loving.

3. What does Artie do after her pregnancy?
(a) Artie goes to college.
(b) Artie runs away.
(c) Artie decides to be a stay-at-home mom.
(d) Artie gets a job at a restaurant.

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

5. Who is Artie named after?
(a) Arthur, her father.
(b) Arthur,her mother's father.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Artemis, the Greco-Roman huntress; the sister of Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Echo and Dorothea communicate?

2. Which character re-enters in the middle of scene 3?

3. What does Dorothea value over motherhood?

4. Who enters the first scene wearing wings?

5. How old is Echo when the plays opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Artie will be able to function away from her mother?

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

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

4. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

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

6. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

7. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

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

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

10. At what point in scene 3 do you think the audience loses sympathy for Dorothea?

(see the answer keys)

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