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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What commune establishes itself north of Anaheim?
(a) Societas Edenica.
(b) Societe du Frances.
(c) Brook Farm.
(d) Society Endicino.

3. From what Shakespearean play does Maryna quote to Halek?
(a) A Midsummer's Night Dream
(b) Othello.
(c) As You Like It.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. What is the name of the circus that comes to the village?
(a) Barnum Circus.
(b) Shriner's Circus.
(c) San Francisco Circus.
(d) Stappenbeck Circus.

5. What does Booth object to in Maryna's performance the same evening?
(a) She missed a cue.
(b) She touches him on the shoulder.
(c) Her hair is a mess.
(d) She forgot her lines.

6. What is Bogdan's new name?
(a) Bog-Dan.
(b) Bob-Senior.
(c) Bob-Dan.
(d) Bob-Don.

7. 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.

8. To where does Maryna move four days before her opening performance?
(a) To the top floor of the Ritz.
(b) To the top floor of the Plaza Hotel.
(c) To the top floor of the Mayfield Hotel.
(d) To the top floor of the Palance Hotel.

9. Where is Ryszard when Bogdan comes to meet Maryna in New York in January?
(a) He has moved to New York to live.
(b) He has returned to Poland.
(c) He has traveled to Virginia.
(d) He has stayed in San Francisco.

10. Who is Angus Barton?
(a) A fellow actor.
(b) The manager of the California Theatre.
(c) The manager of the San Francisco Grand Theatre.
(d) The manager of the Imperial Theatre.

11. What does Bogdan contemplate his entire life being?
(a) Worthwhile.
(b) Endless suffering.
(c) The Truth.
(d) A lie.

12. What does Wanda do while the others are touring the land?
(a) She touches a scorpion.
(b) She tries to get back on the train.
(c) She touches a beaver-tail cactus.
(d) She begins to cook dinner.

13. To where does Maryna travel for her first performances outside of San Francisco?
(a) Kansas City, Kansas.
(b) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Virginia City, Nevada.

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

15. What does Ryszard ask of Maryna in the letter he leaves in her pocket?
(a) To leave Bogdan.
(b) To ride with him up into the mountains.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To return to the theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the conclusion of Chapter Five, what have the immigrants decided to do?

2. At whose table does Maryna sit at the Polka Saloon?

3. What is planted as the major crop on the land the immigrants have rented for their commune?

4. How does Edwin Booth's father die?

5. When did Maryna first see Booth on stage?

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