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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says the movie was their idea?
(a) Jill
(b) Alan and Jill
(c) No one
(d) Alan

2. When did Alan leave the stable with the horse?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 p.m.
(c) Midnight
(d) 2:00 a.m.

3. What does Alan ask of Equus?
(a) For him to leave
(b) Another chance
(c) Worship
(d) Forgiveness

4. In the Normal world, where animals are treated ________.
(a) Horribly
(b) Like humans
(c) Properly
(d) Like animals

5. What does Alan tell Jill to do to the doors?
(a) Open them
(b) Close them
(c) Lock them
(d) Nail them shut

6. Alan compares the horses and the way they stand to the girls in the _________.
(a) Chorus
(b) Store
(c) Ballet
(d) Movies

7. Who does Frank say he came to the theater to see?
(a) The manager
(b) Alan
(c) A friend
(d) A business contact

8. In the first line of the scene, Jill says: It's called the ____________.
(a) Quiet Room
(b) China Pantry
(c) Stable Horse
(d) Toyko Shuffle

9. What does Dysart offer to Alan as his next trick?
(a) Truth drug
(b) To take him home with him
(c) A special pen
(d) More hypnosis

10. Dysart: It's calling me out of the black cave of the __________.
(a) Id
(b) Ego
(c) Psyche
(d) Superego

11. What does the voice of Equus call from out of the cave?
(a) You are mine
(b) Who are you?
(c) Why me?
(d) You will die

12. Dysart: Sleep. Just sleep....I'm going to make you ______.
(a) Normal
(b) Quiet
(c) Well
(d) Better

13. What is Alan having at the beginning of scene 35?
(a) Convulsions
(b) A cigarette
(c) A panic attack
(d) A psychotic break

14. Dysart: After a minute, about a hundred green ___________ will come out of that cupboard singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
(a) Children
(b) Flowers
(c) Men
(d) Snakes

15. Dora: I only know he was my little Alan, and then the ______ came.
(a) Horseman
(b) Devil
(c) Murders
(d) Tragedy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jill want to go?

2. Dysart: He'll trot on this _________ tamely through the concrete evening.

3. What color does Alan say Nugget is?

4. What is the horse's name in Alan's vision?

5. What does Alan pick up and threaten Jill with?

(see the answer keys)

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