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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. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) He isn't wearing a hat.
(b) He is well dressed and groomed.
(c) He is a mess.
(d) He needs a haircut soon.

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

3. What does the sheriff say will never happen when the psychiatrist examines Williams?
(a) He will declare a mistrial.
(b) He will tell everyone that Williams should not be hung.
(c) He will find that Williams is crazy.
(d) He will find that Williams is not crazy.

4. What does Louie inform the reporters his new job title is in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Staff reporter.
(b) Assistant editor.
(c) Opinion columnist.
(d) Circulation manager.

5. In response to the sheriff's threat, what does Hildy reveal as blackmail?
(a) The sheriff has been giving money to a waitress.
(b) The sheriff has been giving money to a librarian.
(c) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a librarian.
(d) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a waitress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is McCue's response to Hildy calling in Act 1, Part 2?

2. Why does Williams think the Mayor and city are trying to hang him?

3. How do the reporters act when Jennie enters in Act 1, Part 3?

4. What best describes Hildy's state of mind at the end of Act 2, Part1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the press room in the beginning of The Front Page, and how it relates to the overall pace of the play in general.

2. What are some of the interesting things that we learn about the sheriff in Act 1, Part 4?

3. How does Hildy deal with the sheriff and what tactic does he use that the sheriff interestingly responds to in Act 1, Part 4?

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

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

6. What key role does the messenger play in Act 3, Part 3, and how do Hildy and Burns capitalize on it?

7. What does the conversation between Hildy and Peggy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 2 bring to light, and how do they relate to Hildy's inner struggle?

8. What important fact do we learn by Murphy about the Mayor and the Sheriff in Act 1, Part 2?

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

10. What is the reaction of the reporters to the news of Hildy leaving in Act 1, Part 1, and what does it say about what Hildy and Burn's relationship may possibly be like at this point in the play?

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