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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. Why does Heidi think the artist is "copping out" in the Prologue to Act 2?
(a) For drawing the head in traditional male portraiture.
(b) By posing men above women.
(c) By painting farm scenes.
(d) By refusing to paint real women.

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

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

4. What hurts Heidi the most in regard to Peter and this interview situation in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Peter focuses the interview just on him.
(b) Peter was more interested in male competition than hearing her voice.
(c) That Peter flirted with April.
(d) That Peter stuck up for Scoop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on her friend's reaction at the end of Act 2, Scene 5, what does Heidi decide to do?

2. Who else has been invited to this lunch with Heidi and her friend in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. Why is Heidi late to the event in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Heidi differ from her luncheon partner/friend?

5. What has Heidi done professionally since Lisa and Scoop's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been going on in Scoop and Lisa's lives since their wedding?

2. What is Heidi so critical of in the painting she is discussing in the Prologue to Act 2?

3. In terms of relationships, what are differences between Lisa and Heidi?

4. Susan and Denise have something in mind for a television show. What do they want to do and how do they want Heidi to become involved?

5. What decision does Heidi make in Scene 5, Act 2, regarding her future and why?

6. What is Peter's emotional state when Heidi comes to tell him good-bye in the AIDS ward during Act 2, Scene 5?

7. Why does Heidi's explanation of why she is leaving hurt Peter?

8. What does Heidi do to cheer Peter up at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?

9. Prior to the alumni association luncheon in Act 2, Scene 4, what has been the purpose of Heidi's adult life?

10. What has happened to Susan's feminist point of view?

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