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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heidi do to comfort her friend during Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Heidi initiates the conversation they shared at their high school dance.
(b) Heidi gives her friend a hug.
(c) Heidi gets a drink for her friend.
(d) Heidi takes her friend to lunch.

2. What organization does Heidi direct during Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Women's Art.
(b) Women for a Change.
(c) Feminism Lives.
(d) Women in Action.

3. What year and season does Act 2, Scene 5 open with?
(a) Thanksgiving, 1986.
(b) Valentine's Day, 1987.
(c) Christmas Eve, 1987.
(d) New Year's Day, 1992.

4. How does Heidi hope to escape loneliness?
(a) Through her relationship with Scoop.
(b) By getting a dog.
(c) Through solidaritiy with other women.
(d) Through her relationship with Peter.

5. What does this Prologue to Act 2 foreshadow?
(a) Heidi ending her relationship with Scoop.
(b) Heidi's marriage.
(c) Conclusions Heidi comes to on her journey in the 1980's.
(d) Heidi's job change.

6. What is Heidi's lunch partner constantly doing during lunch in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Complaining about their life.
(b) Working the room.
(c) Criticizing Heidi.
(d) Talking about their new lover.

7. What event is taking place in Act 2, Scene 1, that brings the friends back together?
(a) Heidi's graduation from graduate school.
(b) Susan's wedding.
(c) Peter's graduation from medical school.
(d) Lisa's baby shower.

8. What year does Act 2, Scene 3 open in?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990.

9. What is Heidi's friend's reaction to her moving?
(a) Heidi's friend is hurt and angry.
(b) Heidi's friend is happy for her.
(c) Heidi's friend tries to go with her.
(d) Heidi's friend takes her out for dinner.

10. What kind of talk does Heidi deliver instead in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Insulting.
(b) Painfully honest, and at times humorous.
(c) Reminiscent.
(d) Boring.

11. Where is Heidi in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) An interview.
(b) A pediatric hospital unit.
(c) Having dinner with Scoop.
(d) Visiting Peter's family.

12. Who does Heidi come to tell good-bye in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Jill.
(b) Becky.
(c) Susan.
(d) Peter.

13. How is Heidi feeling toward both men at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Angry.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Competitive.

14. What is the topic of the new show that Susan and Denise are developing in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Starting your own business.
(b) Single women and whether they regret their choices.
(c) Successful women artists.
(d) Successful women attorneys.

15. What class is Heidi teaching in the Prologue to Act 2?
(a) Creative writing.
(b) Art history.
(c) Communication studies.
(d) Gender issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the other two guests who join Heidi on the show in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What is Heidi's primary reason for leaving New York in Act 2, Scene 5?

3. Where is Heidi speaking at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?

4. Who is Lisa' sister?

5. What disease is discussed in Act 2, Scene 5?

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