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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Maria define the audience as?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Friends.
(c) The enemy.
(d) Helpers.
2. Who leaves the stage to show Sharon the appropriate entrance?
(a) Maria.
(b) Manny.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Tony.
3. What does Maria say a performance is?
(a) The best way to showcase a symphony.
(b) A test of a stage director's authority.
(c) Struggle between the artist and the audience.
(d) Love affair between artist and audience.
4. What does Maria tell the audience after Sharon has left the stage?
(a) She is an accelerated singer.
(b) That all types of guidance are necessary.
(c) She loves Sharon's recording.
(d) She is jealous of Sharon.
5. Who says that art is domination?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Tony.
(d) Manny.
6. Who does Maria tell to "Bite into those words. Spit them out." in Act II?
(a) Sharon.
(b) The audience.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Manny.
7. What is the weather in Scene Two of Lady Macbeth's entrance scene?
(a) A violent storm is raging.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Hot.
(d) Snowing.
8. Who uses the word folderol to describe the flowers?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Tony.
(d) Maria.
9. Who is Sharon Graham?
(a) Audience member.
(b) Student.
(c) Friend of Maria's.
(d) Manny's sister.
10. When Maria asks "Is there anything you would kill for?" Sharon replies:
(a) "Absolutely not!"
(b) "I don't think so."
(c) "Sometimes."
(d) "Why?"
11. Who calls Tony "Mr. Tony Tight Pants?"
(a) Sharon.
(b) Manny.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Maria.
12. What aria does the audience hear Maria singing in Act II?
(a) Lady McBeth's Letter Scene.
(b) Lady Demetri's Wedding Scene.
(c) A death scene.
(d) A farewell scene.
13. What does Maria say about the house lights when she first enters the stage?
(a) They are not bright enough.
(b) She dislikes them.
(c) They are too bright.
(d) She approves of them.
14. How is the stage set in Act II?
(a) As a living room.
(b) As a bedroom.
(c) With many props.
(d) Sparsely.
15. What is Maria's response when Tony reveals his ambitions?
(a) She applauds him.
(b) She asks him more questions.
(c) She shrugs.
(d) To ask for a glass of water.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the conductor of the symphony when Maria made her debut?
2. Who is Verdi?
3. What is Lady Macbeth's expression as stated in the entrance scene directions?
4. When was the last time Sharon read Macbeth?
5. Who comes on stage after a long wait at the beginning of Act II?
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