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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is happening that day in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Agnes and Michael's wedding vow renewal.
(b) Agnes and Michael's divorce.
(c) Agnes and Michael's daughter's wedding.
(d) Agnes and Michael's son's wedding.

2. When Agnes sees her husband bewildered at the end of Act 2, Scene 2, what does she do?
(a) She gets angry.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She relaxes and goes to sleep.
(d) She cries.

3. Where is Agnes in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) In bed sleeping.
(b) Searching for something on the floor.
(c) Entering through the door.
(d) Seated at her dressing table.

4. How is Agnes and Michael's relationship at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) United in love and parenthood.
(b) On the brink of divorce.
(c) Full of jealousy and anger.
(d) Torn apart by different parenting methods.

5. Is Michael happy with his daughter's choice of husband, and how does he address his son-in-law?
(a) No, Michael calls him poor.
(b) No, Michael calls him a nit wit.
(c) Yes, Michael descibes him as perfect.
(d) Yes, Michael thinks he is wealthy.

6. Who does Agnes and Michael's son seem to be taking after?
(a) Michael's father.
(b) Michael.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Agnes' father.

7. What is inside of the bourbon bottle?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Castor oil.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Water.

8. What does Agnes say she does not want to argue about in the last scene?
(a) Who her son marries.
(b) What to leave on the bed.
(c) Where she and Michael are moving.
(d) Her children's lives.

9. What is the status of the relationship of Agnes and Michael at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) They decide to be better parents and shake hands.
(b) They are angry and both leave the room.
(c) They reconcile and embrace.
(d) They fail to see each others' point of view and are uneasy.

10. Michael comes face to face with what fact about his son?
(a) That his son is an alcoholic.
(b) That his son is a womanizer.
(c) That his son is a young man.
(d) That his son is stealing from him.

11. What is Agnes' reaction after Michael finishes reading the young poet's work?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Offended.

12. What does Michael ask Agnes about the bedclothes in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Are they selling or leaving them.
(b) Does she want to throw them away.
(c) How much do they cost.
(d) Are they newly laundered.

13. What is on the walls of the room in the last scene?
(a) Family portraits.
(b) A fresh coat of paint.
(c) Framed paintings.
(d) Discolored spots on the wallpaper.

14. Where does Agnes kiss Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) His feet.
(b) His lips.
(c) His hand.
(d) His head.

15. What description does Michael compare himself to at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A frog in a pond.
(b) A dog in the doghouse.
(c) A fish is the ocean.
(d) A cat in a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 2, what do both Agnes and Michael want to help ease their worry?

2. What is different about the fourposter bed in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What is the first thing that Michael and Agnes agree about in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. At first, what are Agnes' feelings toward the young poet?

5. Agnes tells Michael that what object is staying on the bed when they leave?

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