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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael say his son was wearing in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) No shoes or socks.
(b) A nightshirt.
(c) Glasses.
(d) A top hat.

2. In Act 3, Scene 1, Agnes is saddened when she thinks about what?
(a) The fact that Michael does not need her anymore.
(b) The idea of divorce for her and Michael.
(c) How much she misses her parents.
(d) That she looks horrible in her dress.

3. What does Michael leave to do in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Call the doctor for his sick son.
(b) Fetch something to eat.
(c) Go and search for his son.
(d) Administer punishment to his son.

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

5. 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) Her children's lives.
(d) Where she and Michael are moving.

6. What does Michael bring back from the cellar?
(a) A bottle of champagne.
(b) A dead rodent.
(c) An old family photo album.
(d) A crate of wine.

7. What is Agnes holding in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A bouquet that matches her gown.
(b) A comb and hand mirror.
(c) Her folded wedding dress.
(d) Michael's book.

8. What age are Agnes and Michael in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Elderly.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Almost middle age.

9. What do Agnes and Michael decide not to do in the last scene?
(a) Drink the champagne.
(b) Leave the fourposter bed.
(c) Get divorced.
(d) Move to a new home.

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

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

12. Who does Agnes really love, proven in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The young poet.
(b) Herself.
(c) Michael.
(d) Her father.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Michael say no young couple should have to find underneath the sheets?

3. How does Act 3, Scene 2 conclude?

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

5. What is Agnes' reaction after Michael finishes reading the young poet's work?

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