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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What age are Agnes and Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Almost middle age.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Elderly.
2. Who does Agnes really love, proven in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Michael.
(b) Her father.
(c) The young poet.
(d) Herself.
3. What motivates Michael to declare his true feelings to Agnes in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) His memories of an early love.
(b) The crass words of the young poet.
(c) A letter of fan mail that he just read.
(d) The anger in Agnes' eyes.
4. Why does Agnes say that she and Michael cannot drink champagne?
(a) The champagne has spoiled.
(b) There are no glasses.
(c) It is too early in the morning.
(d) The champagne belongs to her son.
5. What is Agnes' response when she hears what Michael tells their son?
(a) She is incredulous.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She does not care.
(d) She starts crying.
6. What has Michael and Agnes' son been doing with his medicine?
(a) Tricking his sister into taking it.
(b) Dutifully taking it.
(c) Selling it to the poor.
(d) Hiding it in the bourbon bottle.
7. What does Agnes do with the "God Is Love" pillow when she hears Michael coming back into the room at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Hands the pillow to Michael.
(b) Throws the pillow away in the trashcan.
(c) Hides the pillow in the cellar.
(d) Covers the pillow with the bed linens.
8. Why does Agnes hug Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She misses him.
(b) She is cold.
(c) She is trying to control him.
(d) She is comforting him.
9. What is inside of the bourbon bottle?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Castor oil.
10. What does Agnes describe herself as being all her life?
(a) Someone's mother and wife.
(b) Happy and content.
(c) Lonely and sad.
(d) An adolescent with a longing heart.
11. Agnes says she is leaving the "God Is Love" pillow for who?
(a) Her son.
(b) The young woman.
(c) Her daughter,
(d) The young man.
12. Why does Michael go into the cellar?
(a) He wants to exercise on the stairs.
(b) To check for some wine to drink.
(c) In order to make sure there is no one down there.
(d) To see if there is anything overlooked.
13. What does Agnes plan to do with the "God Is Love" pillow in the end of the play?
(a) Take it with her.
(b) Leave it on the bed.
(c) Throw it away.
(d) Give it to her daughter.
14. How is Agnes and Michael's relationship at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Torn apart by different parenting methods.
(b) On the brink of divorce.
(c) Full of jealousy and anger.
(d) United in love and parenthood.
15. What is Michael first seen doing in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Drinking bourbon.
(b) Folding laundry.
(c) Storming through the door.
(d) Sleeping in bed.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Agnes describe the fourposter bed in the last scene?
2. What do Agnes and Michael decide not to do in the last scene?
3. What does Michael tell Agnes he first thought when he saw the "God Is Love" pillow?
4. Agnes tells Michael that what object is staying on the bed when they leave?
5. How does Agnes describe Michael's fathering?
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