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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is different about the fourposter bed in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) There are no bed linens.
(b) The curtains are more conservative.
(c) The curtains are more elaborate.
(d) It has been dismantled.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. It is apparent that what event is happening in the room at the end of the play?

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

5. What makes Michael so angry in Act 2, Scene 2?

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