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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hotel Monte Gabriele located?
(a) In Monticello.
(b) In the Swiss Alps.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In the Italian Alps.

2. Who will Dr. Waldersee be a pawn for, according to Quillery?
(a) The British monarchy.
(b) The French military.
(c) The Italian soldiers.
(d) The Nazi regime.

3. What nationality is Dr. Waldersee?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Russian.

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

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

6. How are the wait staff dressed at the hotel?
(a) In sports jackets.
(b) Formally.
(c) Casually.
(d) In white uniforms.

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

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

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

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

11. Why are the Cherrys upset over the war?
(a) It will endanger their lives.
(b) They will be asked to fight.
(c) It will interrupt their skiing.
(d) They will see people die.

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

13. How does Irene respond to the notion of an air raid while talking to Weber?
(a) She is clearly confused.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is gleeful.
(d) She is distressed.

14. Where does Irene indicate a desire to be, in the first scene of Act 2?
(a) Britain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Paris.
(d) America.

15. According to Quillery, who will pay for Weber's profession?
(a) The poor working man.
(b) The government.
(c) The rich.
(d) The politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are above war, according to the Cherrys?

2. What does Harry offer the hotel guests as entertainment?

3. Who does Irene talk to at the end of Act 2's opening scene?

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

5. What does Irene do to change the mood of the hotel guests in the first scene of Act 2?

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