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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. Who offers to persuade Joe to fight?
(a) Siggie.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Tokio.
(d) Anna.

2. Which of the following does Joe not tell Lorna about music's effect on him?
(a) He plans to become a superstar.
(b) It makes him feel like a man.
(c) He belongs in the world.
(d) It means the world to him.

3. What does Joe say when Lorna tells him that Moody loves her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is a married man.
(c) He is lying.
(d) He doesn't love anybody.

4. What topic does Mr. Bonaparte deride Mr. Carp for bringing up?
(a) Sex.
(b) Religion.
(c) War.
(d) Politics.

5. Who is Tom Moody?
(a) Boxing manager.
(b) Minister.
(c) Grocery manager.
(d) Football coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Siggie?

2. What does Anna say that her father never did to her mother?

3. Joe has just won a scholarship to study ____________ at a prestigious school.

4. Who is Frank?

5. Who does Siggie want to go into business with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the terrible irony of Joe and Lorna's deaths?

2. How does the author introduce the subject of war into this scene?

3. What would the purchase of a fast, expensive car represent to Joe?

4. What are Joe's feelings about Fuseli being part owner of his career?

5. Explain how both the positive and negative aspects of money are revealed in Act 2, Scene 3.

6. How does the author show the greedy, callous nature of Joe's handlers?

7. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 4, and what is the topic of conversation between Joe and Lorna as the scene opens?

8. How is Joe's intention to box revealed to the family?

9. Describe the encounter between Joe and Lorna after Joe learns that she is marrying Moody in a few days.

10. How does the author use language to set up the tone of the play right from the beginning?

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