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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When talking to one of the guests, the old woman takes on a different demeanor and laughs like what?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A schoolgirl.
(c) A librarian.
(d) An old man.

6. What was it they used to call the third arrival in The Chairs?
(a) La Belle.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Mademoiselle Marie.
(d) Julianne.

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

8. 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 mouths.
(d) Three noses.

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

10. What does Mother Jack call Father Jack in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Husband.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Lover.
(d) Gaston.

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

12. What does the old woman say her son accused them of killing in The Chairs?
(a) Birds.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

13. What does Jack's father do to him early in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Murders him.
(b) Abandons him.
(c) Beats him.
(d) Disowns him.

14. The old man says to Belle, "will you be my Isolde and let me be your _____?"
(a) Ares.
(b) Tristan.
(c) Troilus.
(d) Eros.

15. In The Chairs, who says, "I'm an orphan...dworfan"?
(a) The Orator.
(b) The Audience.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) The Old Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother Jack do when the argument escalates in Jack, or The Submission?

2. The old man tells guests, "in order to prevent the exploitation of man by man, we need _____".

3. What is Roberta wearing when she enters in Jack, or The Submission?

4. What does the orator look like when he enters in The chairs?

5. What does Jack's mother call him in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission?

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