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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cherry seem to the other hotel guests in Act 1?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Troubled.
(d) In love.

2. What does the character of Harry represent, as it relates to the war in general and his country?
(a) Anger.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Power.

3. In commenting on the guests, what does Quillery reveal the hotel building's original function was?
(a) A library.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A sanitarium.
(d) A sports center.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country are the blond girls in Harry's act from?

2. As Don and Irene discover at the end of Act 1, how many countries can be seen from the main window of the hotel?

3. How does Irene respond to the notion of an air raid while talking to Weber?

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

5. In the Cherrys' opinion, what does the rest of the world lack, in comparison to their own country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was different about Irene when Harry first met her? What was similar about her?

2. What does Harry do to ease the tension after Quillery and Dr. Waldersee argue, and what does it symbolize about his character?

3. What does Irene include in her story pertaining to her participation in the events after her father's death, and what is she possible trying to infer?

4. What is interesting about Irene and Weber's relationship as they talk in the second scene of Act 2?

5. What does Quillery relay to the hotel guests about the Italian military, and what is his frame of mind?

6. What does Dr. Waldersee think of Quillery's views on the war?

7. What is Weber's role in Act 2, Scene 3, and what does it signify?

8. Why does Irene capture the attention of the hotel guests and what impresses her about the hotel itself?

9. What is the doctor's decision in the final act and what does it represent?

10. What is the relevance of the hotel's location to the play's story?

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