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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 does Ed make mention of, which incidentally is also what Orton's lover overdoses on?
(a) Vallium.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) Nembutal.

2. How old is Kath?
(a) Thirty-seven.
(b) Forty-one.
(c) Fifty-one.
(d) Forty-three.

3. Why does Kath say she can't ask Dadda to do any work involving ladders?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has trouble with his eyes.
(c) He is afraid of heights.
(d) He is in a wheelchair.

4. Which character says, "I had a boy... killed in very sad circumstances"?
(a) Kemp.
(b) Kath.
(c) Sloane.
(d) Ed.

5. What does Kath tell Sloane she has on beneath her dress?
(a) His underwear.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lace underwear.
(d) A bra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sloane suggest Kemp do about the neighborhood situation?

2. What is Kemp's position for his former boss?

3. What topic does Ed seem rather interested in during his first conversation with Sloane?

4. What is knocked to the floor at the end of Act One?

5. How long is Kath actually married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kath become upset early in Act Two? How does she show this? What is Sloane's response?

2. How does Sloane respond when Ed corners him regarding taking out the car? What is Ed's reaction?

3. Explain the story behind Kath's son.

4. Describe the scene in which Kath succeeds in seducing Sloane. What does the room look like? How is Kath dressed?

5. Describe the "seedy situation" of the neighborhood. How does it come to be?

6. What is Ed's response to Kath keeping a lodger in the house? Why?

7. What clues lead Ed to suspect Sloane of taking the car out?

8. Name the different points of conflict that appear in Act Two.

9. What does Sloane do to Kemp at the end of Act Two? How?

10. What does Kemp attempt to tell Ed about Sloane? What does he show him as proof?

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