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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Cynthia say Delia has contacted them in the past 10 years?
(a) Once.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Three.
(d) Twice.

2. What is shown on the slide that August states is out of place in Act 1 Part 4?
(a) The tomb of the god-king.
(b) A gold mask.
(c) A photograph of his wife.
(d) A pot from a previous excavation.

3. How long is Jean taking off work?
(a) One year.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

4. At the beginning of Act 1 Part 6, there is a slide of a fire. What does August say this is?
(a) The tribal villagers.
(b) A weenie roast.
(c) A sacrifice ritual.
(d) The house burning.

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

6. What is the name of Delia's second book?
(a) Seven Nights.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Spindrift.
(d) The Last Days.

7. Where is the dig site located?
(a) Mountain Springs, Kentucky.
(b) Blue Shoals, Illinois.
(c) Northern Arkansas.
(d) Eastern Missouri.

8. What is Jean called as a child?
(a) Jean.
(b) Jeannie.
(c) Jay.
(d) Mary Jean.

9. Jean asks Delia, "Where does it hurt, D.K.?" What is Delia's reply?
(a) It doesn't.
(b) Doctor, it's a pain in the ass.
(c) It hurts everywhere.
(d) My liver.

10. Who calls Dan a Howdy-Dowdy, hale-fellow, nice guy in Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Jean.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Delia.

11. What does Delia say she did after finishing her book?
(a) Got drunk for three days.
(b) Went to a party.
(c) Hid it under her bed.
(d) Made a fortune.

12. Jean says the women in her family have a history of what?
(a) Hot-tempers.
(b) Miscarriage.
(c) Infertility.
(d) Cancer.

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

14. What does Dan claim is another name for the Temple Mound People?
(a) The Jasker Tribe.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Adena.
(d) The Early Mississippian Culture.

15. Why does Dan rattle on during his conversation with Delia in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?
(a) He is distracted by his wife's affair.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is stoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to comfort Kirsten at the end of Act 1 Part 2?

2. Who is left alone in the dark at the end of Act 1 Part 6?

3. Which character says, in Act 1, "We'd be working somewhere else if our work here wasn't important?"

4. What do the lights begin to reveal at the end of Act 1 Part 1?

5. What do Jean and Dan argue over in Act 1?

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