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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Roberta II say she was almost when she was born?
(a) 2.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

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

3. What does the old woman begin to sell once the room is packed?
(a) Tea.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Programs.

4. Who calls Jack a "Kangareen" in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Father Jack.
(c) Grandfather Jack.
(d) Jacqueline.

5. Who in Jack, or The Submission mostly just sings?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Father Robert.
(c) Grandfather Jack.
(d) Grandmother Jack.

6. Jack's sister calls him a naughty what in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Boy.
(b) Boyble.
(c) Man.
(d) Brother.

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

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

9. Jack's sister tells their father that Jack's behavior is the ______ of puberty.
(a) Obstinance.
(b) Obnubilation.
(c) Objectification.
(d) Obsequience.

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

11. Who taught Jack to roll his r's?
(a) Father Jack.
(b) Mother Jack.
(c) Father Robert.
(d) Roberta I.

12. What city does the old man in The Chairs say collapsed?
(a) Greece.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

13. What does Mother Jack do to Roberta when she enters?
(a) Chokes her.
(b) Sniffs her.
(c) Shakes her.
(d) Shakes her hand.

14. What is Grandfather Jack referred to as?
(a) Septagent.
(b) Centagenet.
(c) Octagenet.
(d) Obstinate.

15. How much time per day does the old man devote to working on his message in The Chairs?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mother Jack tells Jack, "I've been a true sweetheart, a husband, a sailor, a buddy, a _____."

2. Where does the old man say his mother died in The Chairs?

3. What time does the old man say it is in the beginning of The Chairs?

4. What two roles must be played by the same actress in Jack, or The Submission?

5. Who is one of the last guests to arrive in The Chairs, causing a blast of bright light?

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