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

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

3. How do the playbills for Maryna's New York debut read?
(a) Countess Maryna of Poland.
(b) Countess Zaloweska of Warsaw.
(c) Countess Zalenska of the Royal Theatre in Krakow.
(d) Countess Zalenska of the Russian Imperial Theatre, Warsaw.

4. What is the first line of Richard III?
(a) "Now is the winter of our discontent."
(b) "The Montegues and the Capulets war wage."
(c) "Made glorious summer by this son of York."
(d) "And all the clouds that low'r'd upon our house."

5. What did Maryna buy for Aniela to wear in the photograph?
(a) A white bibbed apron.
(b) A black sweater.
(c) A red plaid blouse.
(d) A new dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maryna do during her three weeks in Paris?

2. What two pieces is Maryna performing for the third week of her New York engagement?

3. What does Bogdan want Piotr to pursue rather than piano lessons?

4. Where is Ryszard when Bogdan comes to meet Maryna in New York in January?

5. What song does Barbara sing all day, the only one she knows in English"

Short Essay Questions

1. Edwin Booth talks about his father and his brother, John Booth. What does he reveal about these two important figures in his life?

2. What does Maryna choose to use as her audition material for Mr. Barton? How does the audition go? How does the author describe Marya's return to the stage? What do we learn about Maryna?

3. In Chapter Eight, Bogdan explains to Maryna he saw a flying machine on the beach in California. Who is with Bogdan when he sees the plane? Who owns the plane? What does it look like? What is the significance of Bogdan's interest in a flying machine?

4. In Chapter Six, the communal group begins to break up. Where do people go? Does anyone join another commune? Do any of the group remain in California?

5. In Chapter Seven, Maryna moves to San Francisco to return to the stage. How does she settle into San Francisco? Where does she live first? To where and how does she move? What is her goal?

6. Maryna admired Edwin Booth from the time of her childhood. After her performance with him, she joins him in his apartment. What does she learn about Booth in this chapter?

7. What is the history of the land on which Maryna and her group settle? What is the primary crop of the land?

8. In his love letter to Maryna in which he asks her to travel with him, Ryzard refers to Jack Goodyear, a squatter Ryszard has met in the mountains. Jack Goodyear explains to Ryszard that "sometimes it seems to him as though there were two Jacks." What does Goodyear mean by this?

9. Mr. Warnock uses a devise by which he fills the theatre. What does he do, and why? How does Maryna react to it? Does it work?

10. When Wanda attempts suicide, how do the members of the commune react to her attempt?

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