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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is every government doing, according to the captain in his conversation with Weber?
(a) Imposing censorship.
(b) Imposing curfews.
(c) Closing their borders.
(d) Ordering martial law.

2. What does Harry do when he is convinced Irene is the one he met earlier?
(a) He stops playing and jumps up from the piano.
(b) He continues to play, but softer as he tells Irene who she really is.
(c) He stops playing and whispers it into her ear.
(d) He asks her why she has been lying as he continues to play.

3. What year does Harry believe he and Irene had an affair?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1925.

4. Who does Harry ask to dance as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?
(a) Shirley.
(b) The captain.
(c) Irene.
(d) Mrs. Cherry.

5. Where does Harry think he remembers Irene from?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Iowa.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Indiana.

6. What are there many of in California, according to Irene?
(a) British people.
(b) French people.
(c) Russians.
(d) Italians.

7. Who stands beside Quillery as he makes his speech about the united efforts against fascism?
(a) Mrs. Cherry.
(b) Harry.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Irene.

8. What does Harry instruct the girls to do while Quillery is making a scene?
(a) Tell Quillery to stop.
(b) Leave the stage.
(c) Keep singing.
(d) Stop singing.

9. Who convinces Weber to stay for the entertainment as he is getting ready to leave?
(a) Don.
(b) Pittaluga.
(c) Irene.
(d) The Cherrys.

10. What is Weber drinking at the beginning of Act 2's second scene?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Champagne.

11. What does Irene tell Weber she is not bound by?
(a) Money.
(b) Her actions.
(c) The truth.
(d) Lies.

12. Who wounded Irene during her adventures?
(a) The Bolsheviks.
(b) The British.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The French army.

13. How does Irene respond to Harry's assertion that the two did share a night together years earlier?
(a) She ignores it.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is insulted.
(d) She laughs.

14. Who comments on Harry's singing and dancing after Irene leaves in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Pittaluga.
(c) Dumptsy.
(d) Don.

15. How is Weber associated with war?
(a) He profits from it.
(b) He is a spy.
(c) He gambles on the outcome.
(d) He works for several different governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Quillery he is unwelcome at the hotel as he interrupts the entertainment?

2. Weber's former wife left him because his income came from what?

3. What does Irene say about her name to Harry?

4. What does Harry ask the audience to forgive the band for?

5. How is Harry listening to Irene's stories in Act 2, Scene 3?

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