The Gin Game Test | Final Test - Easy

D. L. Coburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Gin Game Test | Final Test - Easy

D. L. Coburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Fonsia have to look up for twenty-five years?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Tranferred.
(c) Inconsequential.
(d) Ill.

2. Why does Weller throw the score card to the ground in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Because Fonsia stands up for herself.
(b) Because he can't remember the score and it doesn't matter anyhow.
(c) Because he has yet to win a single hand.
(d) Because Fonsia knocked again.

3. Who was Ty Cobb?
(a) A musician.
(b) A baseball player.
(c) A football player.
(d) A basketball player.

4. In Act 2, Scene 2, what does Weller accuse Fonsia of doing by coming out to the porch when she knew it was a ruse?
(a) Manipulating him.
(b) Mocking him.
(c) Trying to beat him at gin.
(d) Trying to find more things to tattle on him for.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, according to Fonsia, every second breath of Weller's has to be what?
(a) An insult.
(b) Forced.
(c) A curse.
(d) Short.

6. Why does Weller seek out Fonsia at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) To check on her condition.
(b) To tell her his watch was found by the police.
(c) To apologize to her.
(d) To tell her that her family is there to see her.

7. According to Weller, Fonsia makes harsh judgments. How does he feel that she's judged him?
(a) Made him out to be crazy.
(b) Made him out to be a potential murderer.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Made him out to be a hopeless sinner.

8. What is Weller's criticism of the Unitarian group in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They want to psychoanalyze everything.
(b) They want to improve everything.
(c) They want to criticize everything.
(d) They want to steal everything.

9. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Fonsia's response to the name Weller calls her?
(a) Throws her cards at him.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Storms off.
(d) Curses at him.

10. As Fonsia loses her temper in Act 2, Scene 2, what changes take place in her language?
(a) She begins to curse.
(b) She increasingly repeats herself.
(c) Her statements become condescending.
(d) Her grammar becomes worse.

11. What parallel does Fonsia draw between Weller and her ex-husband in the final scene?
(a) He is also self-centered.
(b) He is also abusive.
(c) He is also "always the victim."
(d) He is also "a filthy foul mouth."

12. At the end of Act 2, Scene 1, what does Fonsia threaten to do to Weller?
(a) Throw the cards away.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Call a nurse.
(d) Call her son.

13. What are Weller's final words of the play?
(a) "Damnit to hell"
(b) "Gin, gin, gin."
(c) His final words are to call for a doctor.
(d) "I win, I win!"

14. What illness put Weller in the convalescent home?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Lung cancer.

15. When it comes to men, Fonsia admits that she's been what?
(a) Been unhappy.
(b) Had to outsmart them.
(c) Worn the pants.
(d) Unlucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Fonsia separate from her husband?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, who does Weller claim gave Fonsia the card she needed?

3. Weller says he would have knocked Fonsia's teeth in had she done to him what she did to her spouse. What is her response?

4. When Fonsia confronts Weller about his ruse in Act 2, Scene 2, what is Weller's response?

5. Who does Weller claim to be talking to when talking to himself in Act 2, Scene 1?

(see the answer keys)

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