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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bogdan makes his last journal entry in mid-June, what has happened to the commune?
(a) They have been given money to open a winery.
(b) Everyone has begun to leave, including Maryna.
(c) The neighboring commune has asked them to join together.
(d) The land has been sold out from under them.

2. How does Maryna find Eliza Withington?
(a) Julian met her in town.
(b) From an ad in the newspaper.
(c) Ryszard met her in town.
(d) From a neighbor.

3. What two words make up the name Anaheim?
(a) The city Santa Barbara and the Latin word for river.
(b) The city Annapolis and the Latin word for man.
(c) The Saint Ann and the German word for home.
(d) The river Santa Ana and the German word for home.

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

5. What does Maryna find waiting for her when she checks in to her hotel?
(a) Her stolen jewelry and a note from "an anonymous admirer."
(b) A bouquet of flowers from Bogdan.
(c) A diamond necklace from Ryszard.
(d) Her stolen jewelry and a note from Ryszard.

6. Who has learned the chemistry of wine making and tries to teach the immigrants?
(a) Jakob.
(b) Julian.
(c) Bogdan.
(d) Ryszard.

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

8. How long did Booth's retirement last?
(a) Six years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Less than six months.
(d) Nine months.

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

10. When did Maryna first see Booth on stage?
(a) When she was thirty five.
(b) Two years earlier.
(c) Thirteen years earlier.
(d) When she was three.

11. In what is Sarah Bernhardt rumored to sleep?
(a) A bath tub.
(b) A satin lined coffin.
(c) A circular bed.
(d) A pile of three mattresses.

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

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

14. Booth tells Maryna she will find a picture or a bust of who in every room of the house?
(a) Booth himself.
(b) Maryna.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the telegram Maryna receives from Bogdan?

2. Who is waiting for Maryna when she arrives in San Francisco?

3. What is the name of the criminal whose skull Edwin Booth possesses?

4. What does Bogdan become interested in while recovering from his accident in California?

5. What does Ryszard witness while on Market Street?

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