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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Irene think of Harry's current work?
(a) It fits him.
(b) It is beneath him.
(c) It is too good for him.
(d) It is impressive.

3. What does Harry have the band play as the soldiers walk into the bar?
(a) The Italian March.
(b) The Fascist Anthem.
(c) The Fascist March.
(d) The Italian War Theme.

4. What does Weber believe is instilled in men?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Fear.
(d) Loyalty.

5. What type of American does Irene label Harry in their talk during the third scene in Act 3?
(a) Different.
(b) Typical.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Boring.

6. What does Harry initially tell Irene about himself.
(a) That he is not very good at story telling.
(b) That he is as mysterious as her.
(c) That he is not as smart as he looks.
(d) That he is not very interesting.

7. What does Irene remark to Harry about Quillery's arrest?
(a) It is an unfortunate failure.
(b) It is a painful necessity.
(c) It was unnecessary.
(d) It could have been avoided.

8. What kind of lights does the hotel feature?
(a) Rotating.
(b) Clear.
(c) White.
(d) Colored.

9. Who tries to intervene on Quillery's behalf, but is rejected by Quillery himself?
(a) Weber.
(b) Pittaluga.
(c) Harry.
(d) Irene.

10. 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.

11. What country's silence surprises the captain?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

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

13. What does Irene notice about Harry as they talk?
(a) He never smiles.
(b) He is always smiling.
(c) He refuses to look at her.
(d) He is staring at her.

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

15. What spirit does Irene say her father had?
(a) German.
(b) Irish.
(c) Russian.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harry do during the act with the mind reader?

2. Who stands beside Quillery as he makes his speech about the united efforts against fascism?

3. Who comments on Harry's singing and dancing after Irene leaves in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Where is the captain getting his information from at the start of the second scene in Act 2?

5. What composer does Irene tell Harry used to play for her when she was younger?

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