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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 many words does Echo misspell when her mother drills her on the phone?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

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

4. In scene 3, when does the audience feel happy for Dorothea?
(a) When Dorothea goes to college.
(b) When Dorothea gets married.
(c) When Dorothea meets the eccentric.
(d) When Dorothea is pregnant with her son.

5. Who does Dorothea meet at the picnic?
(a) A professor at the university.
(b) Her future husband.
(c) A self-proclaimed eccentric.
(d) A psychic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Artie named after?

3. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.

4. What is Echo doing during scene 3?

5. At what point in scene 3 does the audience lose sympathy for Dorothea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

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

3. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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