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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who develops a theory on musical organs having personalities as a child?
(a) Jean.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Delia.
(d) Dan.

2. What does Dan proceed to do after Delia's arrival in Act 1?
(a) Pour wine for everyone.
(b) Dance with his wife.
(c) Leave for the dig site.
(d) Pass around a joint.

3. In what month does the play begin?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) April.

4. Who quotes Aztec poetry in Act 1?
(a) Delia.
(b) Dan.
(c) August.
(d) Cynthia.

5. Where does Jean develop an interest in medicine?
(a) In school.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) From her grandmother.
(d) At a camp.

6. Jean says to Delia that the Temple Mound People were likely runaways from whom?
(a) The Toltecs.
(b) The Incas.
(c) The Cherokee.
(d) The Aztecs.

7. Who does Dan say build burial mounds?
(a) The Aztecs.
(b) Hunters and gatherers.
(c) Villagers.
(d) Farmers.

8. What are the directions that August gives Dianne regarding his recording?
(a) To listen to them.
(b) To type them up.
(c) To mail them to the university.
(d) To match them with the corresponding slides.

9. Where does Dan attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) NYU.
(d) Yale.

10. How is Kirsten related to Cynthia?
(a) She is her daughter.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She is her adopted daughter.
(d) She is her neice.

11. What is Delia's father's profession?
(a) Professor.
(b) Physiologist.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Archeologist.

12. Jean says that in one village six men were laid out ceremonially with what cut off?
(a) Their heads.
(b) Their right hands.
(c) Their legs.
(d) Their genitalia.

13. Where is the airport August is going to in Act 1?
(a) Ouachita.
(b) Mountain Springs.
(c) Blue Shoals.
(d) Paducah.

14. Where on the set do the projections appear, according to the stage directions?
(a) On a screen at the front of the stage.
(b) On the desk.
(c) On a curtain.
(d) On the back wall.

15. What does Dan say the sign read when he woke up drunk in New York?
(a) "Police."
(b) "Dial 911."
(c) "Fire alert."
(d) "You must answer to get help."

Short Answer Questions

1. Jean asks Delia, "Where does it hurt, D.K.?" What is Delia's reply?

2. From where are the students selected to assist the dig?

3. Where does August say that his sister was "scraped off the street?"

4. What house is shown in the first slides in Act 1?

5. What is Delia's profession?

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