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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Michael go into the cellar?
(a) To see if there is anything overlooked.
(b) He wants to exercise on the stairs.
(c) In order to make sure there is no one down there.
(d) To check for some wine to drink.

4. How do Agnes and Michael know of the young poet?
(a) The poet is the fiance of Agnes and Michael's daughter.
(b) The poet is a neighbor.
(c) The poet is an old friend from Michael's party days.
(d) The poet asked for criticism of his work from Michael.

5. Where is Agnes when Act 2, Scene 2 begins?
(a) Brushing her hair in the mirror.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Sleeping in the fourposter.
(d) Entering through the door.

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

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

8. About what time does Act 2, Scene 2 take place?
(a) Four in the afternoon.
(b) Seven in the evening.
(c) Four in the morning.
(d) Noon.

9. 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) Yes, Michael descibes him as perfect.
(c) Yes, Michael thinks he is wealthy.
(d) No, Michael calls him a nit wit.

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

11. Why is Michael so angry about the bourbon bottle?
(a) Agnes has been hiding it in secret.
(b) He has banned alcohol in the house.
(c) His seventeen-year-old son has been hiding the bottle.
(d) He thinks the family cannot afford to be buying bourbon.

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

13. What makes Michael so angry in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) His daughter is eloping.
(b) His novel has gotten bad reviews.
(c) He thinks Agnes is having an affair.
(d) His son has not come home from a party.

14. Where has Michael found the bourbon bottle?
(a) Under the fourposter bed.
(b) In Agnes' wardrobe.
(c) In the servant's quarters.
(d) In his son's drawer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Agnes describe this day to Michael in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. When Agnes sees her husband bewildered at the end of Act 2, Scene 2, what does she do?

3. Why does Michael ask to reread the young poet's works a second time?

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

5. What does Michael ask Agnes about the bedclothes in Act 3, Scene 2?

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