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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of music does the hotel feature?
(a) A live orchestra.
(b) A jazz singer.
(c) A barbershop quartet.
(d) A juke box.

2. Where have the blond girls been performing before stopping at the hotel?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) Balkan countries.

3. What does Quillery believe is stronger than guns or bombs?
(a) The government.
(b) People-power.
(c) Idealism.
(d) Protests.

4. As Weber explains to Irene, what is vulnerable now that the planes have left?
(a) The train station.
(b) The airfield.
(c) The Swiss Alps.
(d) The Italian Alps.

5. What does Harry offer the hotel guests as entertainment?
(a) The blonds' act.
(b) A card game.
(c) A public debate with Quillery.
(d) A karaoke contest.

6. What type of planes are Irene and Weber talking about in the first scene of Act 2?
(a) Bomber.
(b) Passenger.
(c) Cargo.
(d) Messenger.

7. Where is Quillery originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

8. What does Dr. Waldersee label Quillery's war theory?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Marxism.
(c) A scare tactic.
(d) Communism.

9. What nationality are Irene's relatives, as she explains in the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Russian and American.
(b) French and English.
(c) French and American.
(d) Russian and English.

10. Which country are the blond girls in Harry's act from?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

11. What do the guests expect from the Italian soldiers who enter the hotel in the first act of the play?
(a) Shooting.
(b) To be arrested.
(c) To be questioned.
(d) A declaration of war.

12. When did the planes that Irene questions Weber about take off?
(a) Earlier in the afternoon.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Earlier that morning.
(d) Two days ago.

13. What fascinates the men in the hotel about Irene's demeanor?
(a) Her self-assurance.
(b) Her shyness.
(c) Her vulnerability.
(d) Her arrogance.

14. What causes the train to stop as the play opens?
(a) The inclimate weather.
(b) Suspicion of spies on board the train.
(c) Maintenance issues.
(d) Suspicion of war.

15. How do the Cherrys describe war in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Evil.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Noble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Weber inform Irene the planes are headed?

2. What is Irene excited about seeing, if an air raid occurs?

3. Who will Dr. Waldersee be a pawn for, according to Quillery?

4. When does the play, Idiot's Delight, take place?

5. In commenting on the guests, what does Quillery reveal the hotel building's original function was?

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