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

2. What does Irene order when she goes to the bar in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Vodka, straight up.
(b) Club soda.
(c) Martini, shaken, not stirred.
(d) Iced water.

3. When did the planes that Irene questions Weber about take off?
(a) Earlier that morning.
(b) Two days ago.
(c) Earlier in the afternoon.
(d) Yesterday.

4. When does the play, Idiot's Delight, take place?
(a) In the late 1940s.
(b) In the late 1950s.
(c) In the late 1920s.
(d) In the late 1930s.

5. Why are the Cherrys upset over the war?
(a) They will see people die.
(b) It will interrupt their skiing.
(c) It will endanger their lives.
(d) They will be asked to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Cherry from?

2. Prior to stopping at the hotel, where were the girls with Harry sleeping?

3. What does Harry promote the act for the blond girls as?

4. What type of planes are Irene and Weber talking about in the first scene of Act 2?

5. What are the roads closed to, according to the captain in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Weber's betrayal of Irene signify in terms of their arrangement and his intent?

2. What does Weber tell Irene about the planes and how is it significant?

3. Who are the heroes of Irene's story and how does it relate to the play?

4. What is Harry doing when the others join Weber and Irene in Act 2, Scene 2, and how does it illustrate his character?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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