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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Mother Jack say always makes her weep?
(a) Heart.
(b) Jacket.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Marriage.

2. What did Roberta II see in the water when she was going to take a bath?
(a) A guinea pig.
(b) A rat.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) An orangutang.

3. In The Chairs. who is the second guest who arrives?
(a) A Colonel.
(b) A Knight.
(c) A King.
(d) The President.

4. What does Grandmother Jack tell Grandfather Jack to keep an eye on as they spy him leaving his room?
(a) His countenance.
(b) His telephone.
(c) His window.
(d) His chair.

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

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

7. In The Chairs, what does the old man call the old woman?
(a) Semiramis.
(b) Senora.
(c) Mademoiselle.
(d) Wife.

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

9. What repeatedly sounds during the play The Chairs?
(a) The smoke alarm.
(b) The doorbell.
(c) The dog barking.
(d) The clock.

10. 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.

11. Jack exclaims upon seeing Roberta's face that it's not enough--he wants one with what?
(a) Three eyes.
(b) Three heads.
(c) Three noses.
(d) Three mouths.

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

13. What does Father Jack say Roberta's tongue is the color of?
(a) Beets.
(b) Tomato sauce.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Cherries.

14. In The Chairs, what does the first guest look like?
(a) Young.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Old.
(d) Businesslike.

15. What do the stage directions indicate about the newspaper men who arrive in The Chairs?
(a) They are tall.
(b) They are short.
(c) They are fat.
(d) They are elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking to one of the guests, the old woman takes on a different demeanor and laughs like what?

2. What does the old man repeatedly remind the old woman to drink in The Chairs?

3. According to the old woman, how many children did the old man and old woman have in The Chairs?

4. What gift does the third guest (and her husband) bring to the old woman in The Chairs?

5. In The Chairs, how old is the old man?

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