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

2. What are the Cherrys talking about when Act 2 opens?
(a) The reason for the war.
(b) The importance of war.
(c) The end of the war.
(d) The possibility of war.

3. What does Harry offer the hotel guests as entertainment?
(a) A karaoke contest.
(b) A card game.
(c) A public debate with Quillery.
(d) The blonds' act.

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

5. As Sherwood uses the guests in the hotel to illustrate the various dispositions of countries at the time, what do the Cherrys represent?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Weber explains to Irene, what is vulnerable now that the planes have left?

2. What takes Weber away at the end of Act 2, Scene1?

3. Where is Hotel Monte Gabriele located?

4. What is Quillery denied, causing him to return to the hotel in the first part of Act 2?

5. What does Don provide for the hotel guests?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was significant about Harry and the woman who reminds him of Irene's original meeting?

3. What is the nobility in Harry's actions at the end of the play, and why do they stand out compared to other heroic acts?

4. How does Irene introduce the phrase "Idiot's Delight", and what does it mean?

5. How is the Hotel Monte Gabriele described in the beginning of the play?

6. What does Quillery do to provoke the attention of the Italian soldiers?

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

8. What does the captain announce at the end of Act 1, and how does Harry respond?

9. What is it about Irene that Harry reveals as the reason he recognizes her, and why is this important?

10. Where does Harry remember Irene from during their conversation?

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