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

2. 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 takes her friend to lunch.
(d) Heidi gets a drink for her friend.

3. Why is Heidi late to the event in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Heidi attends John Lennon's memorial service in Central Park.
(b) Heidi had a blind date.
(c) Heidi's sister just had a baby.
(d) Heidi had a tryst with Scoop.

4. What is the name of Scoop's magazine?
(a) The Bomb.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Generation X.
(d) Lovin' Life.

5. How does Heidi open her presentation in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) With a comical description of meeting someone at a bar.
(b) With a comical description of a middle-aged man.
(c) With a comical description of her friend Scoop.
(d) With a comical description of a women who does it all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lisa's sister's occupation?

2. What happens to the TV segment in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What else is Heidi discontented with in the Prologue to Act 2?

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

5. What admission does Heidi make at the end of her presentation in Act 2, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Heidi's reaction to the "Hello New York" show while taping during Act 2, Scene 2? What does Heidi do?

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

4. What is Heidi's reaction to the show / topic?

5. What happens when Lisa goes to take Scoop's phone call during her baby shower?

6. Heidi, Scoop and Peter are invited to Susan's morning news show two years later. What is the topic of discussion?

7. What is Heidi's view of her role in feminism?

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

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

10. What has happened in Heidi's life while she's been in Europe?

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