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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 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.

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

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

4. Why did the manager of the Fine Arts Theatre call thinking there was going to be a Congressional Investigation?
(a) He was on McCarthy's staff.
(b) He associated with Nazis.
(c) He showed German movies.
(d) He forbade Nat to enter.

5. Who is sitting on the bridge at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Celia.
(b) Midge.
(c) Laurie.
(d) Nat.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much money does Laurie give the Cowboy?

4. How is Clara related to Nat?

5. Why did Nat make a scene with the butcher a month ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nat come to be hired as a secret agent? What is his code name?

2. Why does the Cowboy not believe Nat?

3. Why did Nat come to the park in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. What does Midge "pretend" to do while he is seated at the bench? Why is this absurd?

5. Who is Dartforth? How is he connected to Midge?

6. Describe how Midge and Nat are dressed in Act 2, Scene 2.

7. Describe the character of Clara. How is she dressed? How old is she?

8. How has Nat been "defeated" in Act 3?

9. What does the Cowboy do to Nat physically?

10. What is Clara's frustration with Nat?

(see the answer keys)

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