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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 name has Piotr been given in school?
(a) Small boy.
(b) Payter.
(c) Pole.
(d) Peter.

2. What does Bogdan want Piotr to pursue rather than piano lessons?
(a) His interest in literature.
(b) His interest in sports.
(c) His interest in mathmatics.
(d) His interest in engineering.

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

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

5. Who does Maryna dream about on their first night on their land?
(a) Edwin Booth.
(b) Ryszard.
(c) Abraham LIncoln.
(d) Her mother and father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first line of Richard III?

2. What do the immigrants have for their first meal in the new home?

3. Who does Cyprian introduce to Bogdan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Maryna and her troupe continue their tour across America to packed theatres and adoring audiences. What does Mr Warnock suggest in order to facilitate one night stands across the country? How does this change the tone of her trip across country? What is the name lettered in gold on the car?

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

3. At the end of Chapter Eight, Maryna and Bogdan have a conversation about their relationship. What has each come to recognize about his and herself and about each other? Does this seem genuine on both of their parts?

4. In Chapter Seven, Bogdan injures himself and cannot come to San Francisco. What happens between Ryszard and Maryna? How do they change? What happens to their relationship by the end of the chapter?

5. In Chapter Eight, Maryna talks about her "newly reconstituted family." Who are the members of the family, and what roles do each of these people play in Maryna's life? What does Maryna declare to Bogdan about her life with this family?

6. What story does Ryszard write based on the events at the circus? What is his purpose for writing his story?

7. How does Maryna define utopia? How does it compare to a marriage in her mind?

8. Ryszard offers to take Bogdan and Maryna on a trip to San Bernardinos. Does Bogdan go on the trip? How does he feel about Maryna and Ryzsard alone on the trip?

9. In Chapter Seven, the narrator says "and she would tell many lies." Why does Maryna begin to tell lies? What does she lie about? What are some of the lies she tells and to whom?

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

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