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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hildy is short for what name?
(a) Hildenborough.
(b) Hildebrand.
(c) Hildeman.
(d) Hildebrook.

2. What is Woodenshoes wondering at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) If the reporters are looking for Williams.
(b) If the reporters still want burgers.
(c) If Williams will shoot the reporters.
(d) If the reporters know how Williams escaped.

3. Who tells the sheriff that Hildy has quit the paper in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Endicott.
(c) Burns.
(d) Hildy.

4. What technique do the playwrights use to illustrate Hildy's character in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) The metaphor referred to in his speech.
(b) The use of money to represent character.
(c) Analogy of fire.
(d) Definition by contrast.

5. What does Hildy promise to his girlfriend before hanging up the phone in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) To meet her at her father's house.
(b) To meet her at the party.
(c) To meet her at the train station.
(d) To meet her at the hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peggy accuse Hildy of in Act 2, Part 2?

2. As Hildy is introduced in Act 1, Part 3, what is a major difference between him and the other reporters?

3. What does Hildy assure his girlfriend of in Act 1, Part 4?

4. The Front Page is set in the press room of which Chicago building?

5. How are most of the reporters depicted in Act 1, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Choose one reporter's account of the escape as an example and describe how it was relayed in Act 2, Part 1?

2. What does Williams tell Mollie about the escape and where he has been the whole time in Act 2, Part 4?

3. How does Hildy validate that he is leaving to the other reporters in Act 1, Part 3, and what is their reaction?

4. Who is Mollie and how is she treated by the reporters in the beginning of Act 1, Part 4?

5. What is interesting about the way both the mayor and the sheriff respond to what the messenger does in Act 3, Part 3?

6. Who is Jennie, and what is the contrasting way the reporters and Hildy act towards her at the end of Act 1, Part 3?

7. What two different meanings can be interpreted from the way the other reporters react to Hildy's leaving in Act 1, Part 3?

8. How does Burns deal with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1, and what parallel can be drawn between that and another character in the book?

9. How is the character of Hildy Johnson introduced in Act 1, Part 1?

10. How does Mollie react to the reporters and what does Murphy do to cause her to leave in Act 1, Part 4?

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