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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes clearly express that she does not want in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Money.
(b) To be happy.
(c) Her daughter to be happy.
(d) A trip.

2. What do Agnes and Michael muse over at the end of the play?
(a) The start of their new life.
(b) How many grandchildren they will have.
(c) The echoes in the room.
(d) How many children the new couple will have.

3. What is Michael first seen doing in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Sleeping in bed.
(b) Storming through the door.
(c) Folding laundry.
(d) Drinking bourbon.

4. Why has Agnes become angry with her son?
(a) Her son has been talking back.
(b) Her son is failing in school.
(c) Her son has been tricking her about his medicine.
(d) Her son has been picking on his sister.

5. What does Agnes say she wants to do for the young couple?
(a) Give the couple money so they can start a new life.
(b) Give the couple all new furniture and clothes.
(c) Let the couple know that marriage is not pleasant.
(d) Let the couple know that she and Michael had been happy.

6. Why does Agnes hug Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She is trying to control him.
(b) She is cold.
(c) She misses him.
(d) She is comforting him.

7. What is Agnes' decision about the bedclothes in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) She wants to throw them away.
(b) She wants Michael to keep them.
(c) She is leaving them on the bed.
(d) She wants to donate them to the poor.

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

9. What does Michael do with the foil from the champagne bottle?
(a) Hide it under the bed linens.
(b) Throw it away.
(c) Give it to Agnes.
(d) Keep it in his pocket.

10. At first, what are Agnes' feelings toward the young poet?
(a) She is offended by him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She is enthralled with him.
(d) She sees him as a son.

11. What mood is Agnes in when Michael enters the room in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Meloncholy.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Cheerful.

12. What does Michael say no young couple should have to find underneath the sheets?
(a) A bottle of champagne.
(b) A "God Is Love" pillow.
(c) A dirty old bed.
(d) Clean linens.

13. Who is the young poet's work dedicated to?
(a) Agnes and Michael's daughter.
(b) Michael.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Agnes and Michael's son.

14. How does Agnes describe the fourposter bed in the last scene?
(a) She wishes she could get rid of the bed.
(b) The bed was a bad financial investment.
(c) The bed only has bad memories for her.
(d) The bed had a nice history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Michael leaves in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What can Michael not believe that Agnes is doing in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 1?

4. Who does Agnes really love, proven in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What is Michael doing when he is first seen in the last scene?

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