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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Sherwood uses the guests in the hotel to illustrate the various dispositions of countries at the time, what do the Cherrys represent?
(a) Hope.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

2. Who are above war, according to the Cherrys?
(a) Russians.
(b) Americans.
(c) British people.
(d) Italians.

3. What is the top priority for Quillery as the Italian officers rush out of the hotel?
(a) Outrunning them.
(b) Stopping the war.
(c) Avoiding arrest.
(d) Crossing the border.

4. What did Don leave to work at the hotel?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A less paying job.
(c) A secure job.
(d) A marriage.

5. What is Irene excited about seeing, if an air raid occurs?
(a) A bright light.
(b) A snow explosion.
(c) The ground shake.
(d) A lot of people running.

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

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

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

9. What does Irene order when she goes to the bar in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Iced water.
(b) Martini, shaken, not stirred.
(c) Club soda.
(d) Vodka, straight up.

10. What does Irene tell about her relatives as she is entertaining other hotel guests at the end of the first scene in Act 2?
(a) Stories.
(b) The reason she left them.
(c) Their war experiences.
(d) Family secrets.

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

12. In Act 1, where is the train heading before it stops at the hotel?
(a) Italy.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

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

14. Where does Weber inform Irene the planes are headed?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) Paris.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Cherrys upset over the war?

2. What does Harry promote the act for the blond girls as?

3. How are the wait staff dressed at the hotel?

4. What is it about the place of an air strike that interests Irene, as she describes it to Weber?

5. What does the captain speculate at the end of the first act?

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