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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. Where does Midge work as a building super?
(a) 644 Central Park West.
(b) 949 Central Park East.
(c) 23 Central Park East.
(d) 321 Central Park West.

2. What causes Midge's poor eyesight?
(a) Near-sightedness.
(b) Far-sightedness.
(c) Cataracts.
(d) A glass eye.

3. How old is Nat?
(a) Eighty-one.
(b) Seventy-eight.
(c) Ninety-one.
(d) Sixty-nine.

4. How many times does Nat say he broke his hip last year?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Once.
(d) Three.

5. Who does Nat's daughter think his therapist is?
(a) Dr. Emily Anderson.
(b) Dr. Richard Dawkins.
(c) Dr. Frank Woolverton.
(d) Dr. Friedrich Engels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the truth about Nat's therapist?

2. What song is playing at the beginning of Act 2?

3. What is Clara's profession?

4. In what month does the play begin?

5. Which character uses a cane in the first act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara say that Nat did at the butcher's? Why did he do it?

2. What happened with Midge's job in Act 3? Why?

3. What does Dartforth come to understand after his conversation with Nat?

4. What is Midge's fear about his job? Why?

5. What does Nat do at the end of the play? Why?

6. How do Midge and Nat differ in their views of fantasy?

7. What has Midge confiscated of Gilley's? What does he plan to do about it?

8. How does Nat feel about his other children? How do they feel about him?

9. What did Midge do after Nat was attacked? What is his explanation?

10. Describe the setting in Act 1.

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