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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 is a recurring theme in Act 1?
(a) Charlotte's love of phonographs.
(b) The terror inflicted by the Nazis.
(c) The search for love.
(d) The power to overcome obstacles.

2. While at her aunt's home, Charlotte learns the joys of ______________________.
(a) Cooking.
(b) Dressing in women's clothes.
(c) Playing the violin.
(d) Gardening.

3. What is the one thing that distinguishes Charlotte as a man?
(a) Ears.
(b) Adam's Apple.
(c) Beard.
(d) Hands.

4. What is unique about Charlotte?
(a) She is bisexual.
(b) She is a lesbian.
(c) She is bilingual.
(d) She is a transvestite.

5. The owner of the tavern wanted the gay clientele because they were well behaved and ____________________.
(a) Very polite.
(b) Good tippers.
(c) Had money.
(d) Well-dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is die Gr'nderzeit?

2. Who confronts Charlotte in an air raid shelter during the war?

3. Why did Charlotte recreate a tavern in the basement of her museum?

4. How did Charlotte say she escaped from the Youth Prison?

5. Which of the following items is Charlotte not wearing as the play opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charlotte described?

2. Why does Charlotte bring a phonograph onto the stage?

3. How did Tante Luise scare Charlotte's father into leaving his family alone while at her home?

4. What poster does Charlotte point out to the audience?

5. How is Charlotte described and what is the thing that distinguishes her as a man?

6. Who is Doug and what lengths has he gone to to interview Charlotte?

7. Why did Charlotte recreate the tavern after the fall of The Berlin Wall?

8. How does Charlotte come to kill her father?

9. What circumstances cause Charlotte to return to her father's home?

10. What does Charlotte recall about playing records during World War II?

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