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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. Who is the only character left on stage at the end of Act I, Scene 2?
(a) Max
(b) Lenny
(c) Teddy
(d) Ruth

2. When Teddy and Ruth first arrive at the family home, what does Ruth say she is feeling?
(a) Very tired
(b) Very excited
(c) Very bored
(d) Very cold

3. When Max comes downstairs, what does he say woke him?
(a) Joey and Lenny arguing
(b) Teddy and Ruth arguing
(c) Lenny shouting at Ruth as she leaves.
(d) Loud music coming from the radio

4. Where does Lenny tell Ruth he thinks Teddy has been?
(a) America
(b) Australia
(c) Switzerland
(d) Sweden

5. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?
(a) He plans to use them to threaten Lenny.
(b) He needs to open a package.
(c) He wants to cut something out of the paper.
(d) He wants to trim his hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth call Lenny?

2. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?

3. What is Sam's job?

4. What does Lenny say Max used to always like doing?

5. Why does Max say that when Sam gets married, he should bring his bride home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Max respond to Lenny's question about his conception?

4. Describe Max's attitude toward his brother Sam.

5. Max threatens violence toward his son Lenny at different points in the play; give one example.

6. Lenny says he envies Teddy for what reasons?

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

8. The first time Lenny is alone with Ruth, what kinds of personal information does he share with her?

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

10. What does Max mean when he uses the phrase "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

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