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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act I, Scene 2, what are Heidi's feelings toward women?
(a) She is attracted to women.
(b) She is jealous of women.
(c) She is still at odds with women.
(d) She is feeling empowered by women.

2. What is one characteristic that would describe Heidi?
(a) Shy.
(b) Confident.
(c) Unpolished.
(d) Sickly.

3. Who encourages Heidi to join in and not just be a visitor?
(a) Jill.
(b) Susan.
(c) Becky.
(d) Fran.

4. What reason does Scoop give Heidi for not marrying her?
(a) He loves Lisa.
(b) Lisa is good for him.
(c) He and Heidi would be competing for self-fulfillment.
(d) Heidi is too passive.

5. What decision does Susan announce at the women's group meeting in the church basement?
(a) Susan is taking a position at the Law Review.
(b) Susan is getting married.
(c) Susan is going on a European trip.
(d) Susan has a boyfriend.

6. Why does Becky question Jill when Jill makes her offer?
(a) Jill does not have a home.
(b) Jill has a family.
(c) Jill is unemployed.
(d) Jill has said she wants to take care of herself.

7. What does Heidi decide to do with the advice her friends gives her at the high school dance?
(a) Heidi makes a scene.
(b) Heidi fights with her friend.
(c) Heidi decides to try it out.
(d) Heidi ignores the advice.

8. What has Susan been doing with her life as mentioned in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Living on a sheep ranch with Molly.
(b) Attending law school.
(c) Traveling with Heidi.
(d) Running for a political office.

9. What is the name of Heidi's friend that goes to the dance with her?
(a) Patricia Lankin.
(b) Susan Johnston.
(c) Lisa Moore.
(d) Mary Johnson.

10. What does Heidi tell the young man who asks her to dance?
(a) That she is too sick to dance.
(b) That she cannot leave her friend.
(c) That she dislikes him.
(d) That she would love to dance.

11. Which of the two characters are clerking for the same Supreme Court Judge in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Susan and Jill.
(b) Becky and Fran.
(c) Heidi and Peter.
(d) Susan and Scoop.

12. What is the purpose of the Prologue to Act I?
(a) To introduce all of the characters.
(b) To introduce the reader to Heidi on her own turf.
(c) To discuss Susan.
(d) To show how Heidi has regressed in her views.

13. What does Scoop do that is somewhat unusual?
(a) Sniffs their food before eating.
(b) Dances solo in the middle of the floor.
(c) Takes off their shoes at the door.
(d) Assigns a grade to everything they see or hear.

14. What is one wish that Heidi shares with the women's group meeting in the church basement?
(a) That Susan would have kept quiet.
(b) The group could be friends forever.
(c) The next generation of women will feel more worthwhile.
(d) Heidi wishes she did not come to the meeting.

15. What is the focus of the group of women meeting in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Traffic flow in neighborhoods.
(b) Art history and gender issues.
(c) Women's consciousness-raising discussion.
(d) How to keep pigeons away from downtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other two characteristics describe Heidi?

2. Why does Heidi initially choose not to share her struggle with the women's group in the church basement?

3. How does Heidi begin her path toward feminism?

4. What location does Act 1, Scene 4 open in?

5. Who does Heidi consider the greatest artist of the 17th century?

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