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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the roads closed to, according to the captain in Act 1?
(a) Only trains.
(b) Military vehicles.
(c) Large cargo vehicles.
(d) All traffic.

2. What does Quillery think about Dr. Waldersee's research?
(a) It is impossible.
(b) It is fabricated.
(c) It is extremely valuable.
(d) It is worthless.

3. As they reveal to Harry, how many days before visiting the hotel were the Cherrys married?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

5. What is it about the place of an air strike that interests Irene, as she describes it to Weber?
(a) The reaction of the people.
(b) The bands and soldiers.
(c) The military response.
(d) The devastating results.

6. Why is Dr. Waldersee distressed when he first enters the hotel?
(a) Because he has been denied access to Switzerland.
(b) Because he has been denied access to Italy.
(c) Because he has lost his medical equipment.
(d) Because he is afraid of cold weather.

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

8. Where is Don Navadel originally from?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Italy.
(d) Switzerland.

9. What does Quillery prefer over war?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Targeted air strikes.
(c) Political reasoning.
(d) Martial law.

10. Who does Quillery say will benefit from the war?
(a) The people.
(b) Italy.
(c) Industrialists.
(d) America.

11. What is Quillery denied, causing him to return to the hotel in the first part of Act 2?
(a) Passage across the border.
(b) A train ticket.
(c) A plane ticket.
(d) A rental car.

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

13. What does Harry promote the act for the blond girls as?
(a) The Amazing Blondes.
(b) Les Blondie.
(c) Les Blondes.
(d) The Incredible Blondes.

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

15. How does Pittaluga act around the guests and employees?
(a) Over-confident.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Pessimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to stopping at the hotel, where were the girls with Harry sleeping?

2. What are the Cherrys talking about when Act 2 opens?

3. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cherry seem to the other hotel guests in Act 1?

4. How do the Cherrys describe war in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What type of planes are Irene and Weber talking about in the first scene of Act 2?

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