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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 Lenny ask Ruth to do?
(a) Share her dessert
(b) Hold his hand
(c) Go for a walk with him
(d) Tour the house
2. Who is the only character left on stage at the end of Act I, Scene 2?
(a) Max
(b) Teddy
(c) Ruth
(d) Lenny
3. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?
(a) He asks if his brother is home.
(b) He wonders if there is any food.
(c) He wonders if the roof has been repaired.
(d) He asks where the newspaper is.
4. What does Sam say about Max wanting him out of the house?
(a) Sam says that there will be no one to cook the meals.
(b) Sam says that Max is selfish.
(c) Sam says that he owns part of the house.
(d) Sam says that Max would be lonesome.
5. Aside from Teddy's education, why does Lenny say he envies Teddy?
(a) Teddy is sensitive.
(b) Teddy is rich.
(c) The girls have always liked Teddy.
(d) The family favors Teddy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Max tell Lenny to stop?
2. At the end of the first scene, what does Max reveal about MacGregor?
3. Where does Ruth tell Lenny she and Teddy live?
4. Abandoning his search for the scissors, Max lights a cigarette he has gotten from where?
5. What does Lenny say when Ruth asks how he knew the prostitute was diseased?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Max's attitude toward his brother Sam.
2. What is the relationship between Max and Rose and what two other characters have the same relationship?
3. Which characters, although not seen onstage, are mentioned frequently throughout the play, and how is each related to Max?
4. Explain how Sam feels about his performance at work.
5. How does Max respond to Lenny's question about his conception?
6. What story Lenny tells Ruth after he has asked to hold her hand?
7. Who is Jessie and what do we learn about her at the beginning of the play?
8. What conflicting information does Max give about MacGregor (his father)?
9. Throughout the play, Max verbally abuses his son Joey; give an example of this verbal abuse.
10. Max threatens violence toward his son Lenny at different points in the play; give one example.
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