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

2. 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) Family secrets.
(b) Stories.
(c) The reason she left them.
(d) Their war experiences.

3. In the Cherrys' opinion, what does the rest of the world lack, in comparison to their own country?
(a) Strength.
(b) A competent military.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) World influence.

4. What does Harry promote the act for the blond girls as?
(a) Les Blondie.
(b) Les Blondes.
(c) The Incredible Blondes.
(d) The Amazing Blondes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quillery prefer over war?

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

3. What is the reaction of the girls when Harry informs them they will be staying at Hotel Monte Gabriele?

4. In Act 1, where is the train heading before it stops at the hotel?

5. What has Don disgruntled at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Weber and what does Quillery inform Harry of in reference to his profession?

2. How does Harry respond to Irene's dilemma in Act 3?

3. How do the Italian soldiers respond to Quillery in Act 2, Scene 2, and what does it represent? What is Harry's role in the altercation and what is surprising about the way Quillery chooses to respond to him?

4. What comments does Harry make about Weber? What does Irene say to Harry in response to his thoughts on Weber, and what are her possible motives?

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

6. What are some of Irene's surprising comments about air raids?

7. Where is Harry coming from, where is he traveling to when his train is stopped, and why?

8. What do the Cherrys reveal to Harry as he joins them in the beginning of Act 2, and what are they concerned about?

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

10. What does the captain tell Harry about Irene's situation and how does it affect the way Harry might look at it?

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