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

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

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

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

5. Who comes to visit the commune from San Francisco?
(a) Heinrich Zakowski.
(b) Edwin Booth.
(c) Bruno Halek.
(d) The Dowanger Countess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has Piotr been given in school?

2. Who is supposed to be the great actor of the family?

3. What new habit has Bogdan acquired since last seeing Maryna?

4. What is the name of the circus that comes to the village?

5. What does Maryna find waiting for her when she checks in to her hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. During his monologue, Edwin tells Marina why he suffers. What explanations does he give for his suffering? Would he rather not suffer?

9. How does Maryna compare her partners on the commune to actors?

10. In Chapter Six, many of the characters take on new names. Who are they and what are their new names? How does Maryna react to this change?

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