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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maryna stay in San Francisco?
(a) With Ryszard in a hotel.
(b) At the theatre.
(c) With relatives from Krakow.
(d) With Capt. and Mrs. Znaniecki.

2. What is the name of the new eau de cologne in New York?
(a) Maryna.
(b) Viva Maryna!
(c) Polish Water.
(d) Eau de Maryna.

3. From what play does Maryna choose a part for her audition?
(a) Adirenne Lecouvreur.
(b) Camille.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Othello.

4. What does Maryna do during her three weeks in Paris?
(a) Create new costumes, sit for a portrait, and see Sarah Bernhardt acting.
(b) Shop for clothing, get her hair styled, and attend the theatre.
(c) Act with Sarah Bernhardt at the Met.
(d) Visit with old friends from New York now living in Paris.

5. Who are Good H and Bad H?
(a) Henry and Hank.
(b) Henryk and Heinrich.
(c) Henryk and Haldoff.
(d) Hollis and Hylford.

6. What is the name of the criminal whose skull Edwin Booth possesses?
(a) Perkins Randolph.
(b) Philo Perkins.
(c) Philo Peters.
(d) Randolph Peters.

7. Who does Cyprian introduce to Bogdan?
(a) Dr. Williams of San Francisco.
(b) Dr. Morgus of the local village.
(c) Dr. Lorenz of Societas Edenica.
(d) Dr. Lucas of Societas Edenica.

8. Where do Jackob and Ryszard sleep their first night on the commune?
(a) In a tent outside.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the small bedroom.

9. What new habit has Bogdan acquired since last seeing Maryna?
(a) Stuttering.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Interrupting.
(d) Biting his nails.

10. What role does Bogdan say he knows how to play in his marriage to Maryna?
(a) The role of a farmer.
(b) The role of a father.
(c) The role of a teacher.
(d) The role of the husband of an actress.

11. What is the name of the theatrical journal in Warsaw?
(a) The Modernist.
(b) The Antrakt.
(c) The Prism.
(d) The Artist.

12. For what Shakespearean character does Booth say he has a weakness?
(a) Romeo.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Shylock.
(d) Othello.

13. While visiting with Maryna in Poland, what does Henryk say to her?
(a) She should not come back to Poland to visit anymore.
(b) Poland needs her, but she no longer needs Poland.
(c) She is selfish and should leave the stage.
(d) He is moving to New York.

14. What has plagued the fields of the commune?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Aphids.
(d) Moles.

15. What does Ryszard witness while on Market Street?
(a) Bogdan exiting a carriage.
(b) Maryna kissing the flirting stockbroker.
(c) The murder of the stockbroker by the Guatemalan.
(d) A bank robbery by Maryna's Guatemalan admirer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant in which Maryna has lunch after her audition?

2. How do the playbills for Maryna's New York debut read?

3. What is one reason Julian and Ryszard chose the spot they had for the commune?

4. Who comes to visit the commune from San Francisco?

5. To what does Barton change Maryna's name?

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