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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Head of the Tenants' Committee where Midge lives?
(a) Turner.
(b) Nat.
(c) Danforth.
(d) Williams.

2. What is the name of the senior home that Clara presents to Nat?
(a) Chestnut Falls Senior Co-op.
(b) Maple Hills Senior Residence.
(c) Washington Heights Community.
(d) Rosenstein Manor Senior Residence.

3. Which character uses a cane in the first act?
(a) Williams.
(b) Warren.
(c) Midge.
(d) Nat.

4. What is the truth about Nat's therapist?
(a) He is late on payments.
(b) He made him up.
(c) He wants him to check into a home.
(d) He stopped seeing her years ago.

5. What does Nat compare to Siberia?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Southside.
(c) Great Neck.
(d) Forest Hills.

6. Why did Nat make a scene with the butcher a month ago?
(a) They were out of steak.
(b) He was rude.
(c) The prices.
(d) The meat was bad.

7. Who does Nat tell Mr. Danforth that he is?
(a) Simon Rothman.
(b) Matt Greenberg.
(c) James Fletcher.
(d) Ben Reissman.

8. How did Nat become injured?
(a) The Cowboy attacked him.
(b) Gilley attacked him.
(c) Midge attacked him.
(d) A dog bit him.

9. What do Midge and Nat relate about their dreams?
(a) They dream more than when they were young.
(b) They dream in color.
(c) They dream in black-and-white.
(d) They no longer dream.

10. What is the name of the girl Nat tells Clara he fell in love with at the Grand Street Library?
(a) Sarah Lichman.
(b) Ellen Heimmerstien.
(c) Hannah Pearlman.
(d) Donna Sweichman.

11. Which character wears thick bifocals in Act 1?
(a) Midge.
(b) Laurie.
(c) Clara.
(d) Nat.

12. What is the union Nat tells Mr. Danforth that Midge is a member of?
(a) HARSTCO.
(b) STACO.
(c) HURTSFOE.
(d) Workers Union #333.

13. What did Clara receive as a birthday present when she was ten?
(a) Das Kapital.
(b) A chess board.
(c) A remote-controlled car.
(d) A bike.

14. In what city does the play take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Peoria.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. Who is Dr. Engels a reference to?
(a) A Medieval Painter.
(b) The co-writer of The Communist Manifesto.
(c) A 19th-Century Children's writer.
(d) The leader of the Jewish American Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Midge held his current job?

2. Who is Nat referring to when he says, "I guarantee he will not return today. He wants the easy money, he doesn't want trouble . . ."?

3. How many times did Clara write to Dr. Engels?

4. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2 Scene 1?

5. Who says, "So the Cossack leaves his sword and you return it"?

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