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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the last bad nightmare of Alan's, according to scene 26?
(a) Last night
(b) That night
(c) Last week
(d) Last month

2. Why doesn't Alan go with his dad? What does he say taking Jill home is?
(a) Proper
(b) A rule
(c) His choice
(d) Necessary

3. Dysart: There is now, in my mouth, this __________. And it never comes out.
(a) Bridle
(b) Sharp chain
(c) Sharp truth
(d) Bit

4. Who does Dysart compare the horse to?
(a) Alan
(b) Jesus
(c) Ghandi
(d) Frank

5. Dysart says he needs a way of seeing ________.
(a) In the dark
(b) The truth
(c) The answers
(d) The blindness

6. Dysart: It's instant. Like ________.
(a) Coffee
(b) Sugar
(c) Drugs
(d) Magic

7. Where does Jill want to go?
(a) A makeout place
(b) Another bar
(c) The stables
(d) A parking lot

8. Dysart: You won't ________ any more, Alan.
(a) Sleep
(b) Feel
(c) Gallop
(d) Remember

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

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

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

12. Dysart says that everything he does is a trick or a ______.
(a) False
(b) Game
(c) Catch
(d) Lie

13. Dysart: Why is Equus in chains? Alan: For the _____ of the world.
(a) Sins
(b) Weight
(c) Love
(d) Control

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alan say he did to Jill?

2. What does Dora say doesn't work on her?

3. What is Alan having at the beginning of scene 35?

4. Horse and rider shall be one _________, according to Alan

5. Dora: I only know he was my little Alan, and then the ______ came.

(see the answer keys)

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