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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Agnes want before becoming a grandmother?
(a) To become a published author.
(b) Another child.
(c) More money.
(d) A chance to live her life.

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

4. How does Act 3, Scene 2 conclude?
(a) Michael and Agnes fall asleep in bed.
(b) Michael carries Agnes out of the room.
(c) Agnes is left in tears as Michael leaves the room.
(d) Michael and Agnes' children enter and everyone hugs.

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

6. What type of poetry is the young poet's work?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Elegy.
(c) Erotic.
(d) Children's rhymes.

7. 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.

8. Agnes says she is leaving the "God Is Love" pillow for who?
(a) Her daughter,
(b) Her son.
(c) The young man.
(d) The young woman.

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

10. In Act 3, Scene 2, what is the only thing that remains in the room from previous scenes?
(a) The fourposter.
(b) Dresser drawers.
(c) Table and chairs.
(d) A vanity mirror.

11. What does Michael say he got a different message and reaction from than Agnes on his wedding night?
(a) Agnes' parents.
(b) His parents.
(c) The "God Is Love" pillow.
(d) The wedding ceremony.

12. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Late at night.
(c) Very early morning.
(d) After dinner.

13. It is apparent that what event is happening in the room at the end of the play?
(a) There is a party going on.
(b) Redecorating is taking place.
(c) It has become a children's room.
(d) The tenants are moving out.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Agnes become angry with her son?

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

3. How do Agnes and Michael know of the young poet?

4. What is the status of the relationship of Agnes and Michael at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

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

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