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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 does Sam brag about?
(a) Being the best cook in the restaurant
(b) Being the most productive worker in the factory
(c) Being the best chauffeur in the firm
(d) Being the most requested security guard

2. What occupation does Lenny tell Ruth he's always imagined for himself?
(a) Shopkeeper
(b) Teacher
(c) Lawyer
(d) Soldier

3. How does Max respond to Lenny's question right after Max wakes up?
(a) Max tells Lenny to leave.
(b) Max hits Lenny with a cane.
(c) Max spits at Lenny.
(d) Max reassures Lenny.

4. How does Max taunt Joey?
(a) Max says Joey has few skills for his sport.
(b) Max says Joey has no girlfriends.
(c) Max says Joey will never have a good job.
(d) Max says Joey is overweight.

5. What does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"
(a) Generations
(b) Gangsters
(c) Policemen
(d) Politicians

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth dare Lenny to do?

2. On what subject does Lenny ask Max for advice?

3. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?

4. In which city does "The Homecoming" take place?

5. After addressing Lenny's concern about not being able to sleep, who does Teddy ask Lenny about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jessie and what do we learn about her at the beginning of the play?

2. During the argument over the glass of water, what does Ruth dare Lenny to do?

3. Explain how Sam feels about his performance at work.

4. Throughout the play, Max verbally abuses his son Joey; give an example of this verbal abuse.

5. What evidence do we have that Max dominates his brother Sam, as well as his own sons?

6. Just after they arrive at the house, what does Teddy reassure Ruth about?

7. When Teddy arrives at his family's home, what does he find unchanged?

8. When Max comes downstairs complaining of noise, what kind of an explanation does Lenny give?

9. What does Max say about his understanding of female horses?

10. What does Lenny ask his father about the night he was conceived?

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