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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. How did Weller lose his savings?
(a) He became ill.
(b) He spent his savings on trying to reconnect with his family.
(c) He spent his savings in trying to win back his business.
(d) Gambling.

2. In Act 2, Scene 2, how does Fonsia drive home the example of Weller always having to be 'the victim of bad luck,' as opposed to accepting his mistakes?
(a) By suggesting his wife wouldn't have left him had he been a stronger man.
(b) By suggesting he was always bound for welfare.
(c) By suggesting his temper has lost him more than a gin partner.
(d) By suggesting his business partners were probably better business men.

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Weller referring to when he says "a warehouse for the intellectually and emotionally dead."
(a) The State Legislature.
(b) The Hospice Ward.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The Home.

4. What lie does Weller, through guess work, discover?
(a) That Fonsia lied about having never played cards before.
(b) Where Fonsia's son lives.
(c) That Fonsia lied about having a sister in Ottawa.
(d) That Fonsia lied about being divorced.

5. What entertainment takes place over the last hand of gin?
(a) A televangelist plays in the background.
(b) The Extended Family visits.
(c) A choir strikes up.
(d) A magic performance takes place.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, Fonsia teasingly says what to Weller?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, what threat brings Fonsia to the card table?

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

4. How long was Weller in the Bel Air convalescent home?

5. How did Fonsia separate from her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Weller mean when he says "people say exactly what the hell they mean- then they say, 'I was only kidding.'"

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, the play takes place in the evening. What is the significance of this time change?

3. Given his behavior throughout the play, has Weller gone mad in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Besides apologizing, what other emotional techniques does Weller use to convince Fonsia to play a round of cards in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Fonsia criticizes Weller for being cynical. Can you provide an example from the play of Weller's cynicism?

6. In what way does the weather follow Weller's cues in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. Weller guesses that Fonsia lied to him about her son's whereabouts. What is the significance of the lie, and what other lies has she told?

8. What point is Weller trying to drive home to Fonsia in his relation of the Ty Cobb story in Act 2, Scene 1?

9. What word in particular was Fonsia daunted by when working?

10. Fonsia criticizes Weller for always blaming his failures on bad luck. How is this criticism true?

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