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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the old man and old woman run out of in The Chairs?
(a) Programs.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Tea.
(d) Candy.

2. Who is Jack's fiancee?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Roberta.

3. In The Chairs, how old is the old woman?
(a) 76.
(b) 88.
(c) 92.
(d) 94.

4. In The Chairs, what can be heard approaching in the distance?
(a) A boat.
(b) A train.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A car.

5. What does the old woman say you use a leaf of beef, an hour of flour, a little gastric sugar?
(a) Crepes de Chine.
(b) Escargot.
(c) Venison l'ambret.
(d) Boulabaise.

6. In The Chairs, the old woman says, "My husband's not really misanthropic, he just loves _____."
(a) People.
(b) Me.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Hermitage.

7. Jack's father exclaims, "I had the unfortunate idea of wishing for a son and not a _______!"
(a) Sweet daughter.
(b) Red poppy.
(c) Red balloon.
(d) Daffodil.

8. In The Chairs, what does the old woman offer the first arrival offstage?
(a) Tea.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Milk.

9. What gift does the third guest (and her husband) bring to the old woman in The Chairs?
(a) A painting.
(b) A napkin.
(c) A flower.
(d) A vase.

10. In The Chairs, the old man says, "I wanted to cross the ____, and there were no more _____."
(a) Alps.
(b) Plains.
(c) Oceans.
(d) Pyrenees.

11. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?
(a) A Mover.
(b) A Stage Hand.
(c) A Janitor.
(d) An Orator.

12. Mother Jack tells Jack, "I've been a true sweetheart, a husband, a sailor, a buddy, a _____."
(a) Friend.
(b) Pal.
(c) Mother.
(d) Goose.

13. Who is one of the last guests to arrive in The Chairs, causing a blast of bright light?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The Goddess.
(c) The King.
(d) The Pope.

14. What does Father Jack ask the Roberts if Roberta has?
(a) Trunks.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Toes.

15. What does Jack's mother call him in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission?
(a) A bear.
(b) A monster.
(c) A mononster.
(d) A galoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third guest's husband's occupation in The Chairs?

2. How many does the old man tell the colonel he killed at war in The Chairs?

3. What does Roberta have two of?

4. How many years have the old man and old woman been married in The Chairs?

5. How old does Roberta II say she was almost when she was born?

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