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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother Jack do when the argument escalates in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Faints.
(b) Flies.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Screeches.

2. How many does the old man tell the colonel he killed at war in The Chairs?
(a) 100.
(b) 450.
(c) 209.
(d) 300.

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

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

5. According to the old woman, how many children did the old man and old woman have in The Chairs?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

6. What does Father Robert comment about Roberta's feet?
(a) They're fat.
(b) They're hooved.
(c) They're truffled.
(d) They're big.

7. What two roles must be played by the same actress in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Mother Jack and Father Jack.
(b) Roberta I and Roberta II.
(c) Jack and Jacqueline.
(d) Father Robert and Mother Robert.

8. Jack's sister refers to her father's "big hairy foot full of" what?
(a) Spite.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Rage.
(d) Horns.

9. The old man in The Chairs speaks to the crowd, saying, "let us be united in time and in _____, even if we are not together in space, as we were in adversity."
(a) Belief.
(b) Will.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Eternity.

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

11. In Jack, or The Submission, who continuously asks, "do you want my advice?"
(a) Grandmother Robert.
(b) Grandmother Jack.
(c) Mother Jack.
(d) Father Robert.

12. What is different about Roberta II than Roberta I?
(a) She has three mouths.
(b) She has three heads.
(c) She has three eyes.
(d) She has three noses.

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

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

15. What word does Jacqueline call Jack which truly upsets him in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Boystrable.
(b) Chronometrable.
(c) Instable.
(d) Obtuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Chairs, What does the old man offstage suggest the first guest put down offstage?

2. What city does the old man in The Chairs say collapsed?

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

4. What was it they used to call the third arrival in The Chairs?

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

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