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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. When Sam comes in from the kitchen, what does Max accuse Sam of doing?
(a) Breaking the radio
(b) Taking other people's sides
(c) Making noise out of resentment
(d) Forgetting to pick up the groceries

2. In his long speech, what does Teddy say about his family's intelligence level?
(a) They are unintelligent.
(b) They don't have the capacity to understand his writing.
(c) They are bright but uneducated.
(d) They misunderstand everything.

3. When Sam comes in from the kitchen, what emotion of Sam's does Max say he doesn't understand?
(a) Jealousy
(b) Guilt
(c) Anger
(d) Resentment

4. After chastising Teddy for bringing Ruth into his house, who does Max ask to throw Ruth and Teddy out?
(a) The neighbor
(b) Lenny
(c) Joey
(d) Sam

5. After she has gotten up off the floor, what does Ruth ask Teddy?
(a) If he remembers his mother
(b) If his family always argues this much
(c) If the family has read any of his work
(d) If they're going to leave soon

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Max collapse after he verbally abuses Ruth for the first time?

2. How does Joey respond to Max's invitation to spend the afternoon with him?

3. Just after Teddy comes downstairs on the afternoon of their second day at the house, what do Lenny and Ruth do as Teddy watches?

4. Which two characters have been out working when the play begins but come home before Ruth and Teddy arrive?

5. The first time Max meets Ruth, what doe Teddy tell Max about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What word does Teddy used to describe the members of his family?

2. When Teddy and Ruth come downstairs and surprise Max, what is the first thing he wants to know?

3. What violent action does Max take against Sam?

4. For what does Max criticize Sam when Sam is in the kitchen?

5. Why does Max hit Joey?

6. What does Teddy tell Max about his family life with Ruth?

7. Act One, scene 3 begins the morning after Teddy and Ruth have arrived; what characters have not yet met Ruth?

8. What similarity is there between Teddy and Ruth's family and Max and Jessie's family?

9. What kinds of demands does Ruth make on the brothers?

10. By the end of the first act, which characters has Max not physically or verbally abused?

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