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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the person to whom August speaks in the tape recorder?
(a) Dianne.
(b) Jean.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Robert.

2. What is Dr. Jean Loggins' profession?
(a) Author.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Gynecologist.
(d) Archeologist.

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

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

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

6. What do Jean and Dan argue over in Act 1?
(a) Her decision to leave work.
(b) His neglect of her.
(c) Her refusing a glass of wine.
(d) Her refusing to smoke the joint.

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

8. What does Dan ask August not to reveal to the others in early Act 1?
(a) That Jean is pregnant.
(b) That he is leaving.
(c) That Jean is sick.
(d) That he has married Jean.

9. Who is left alone in the dark at the end of Act 1 Part 6?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Delia.
(c) Dan.
(d) Chad.

10. What does Delia claim they were doing to her at the hospital?
(a) Making her well.
(b) Trying to kill her.
(c) Stealing her things.
(d) Locking her away.

11. Why is Jean taking time away from work?
(a) To get married.
(b) To return to school.
(c) To have a baby.
(d) To be with Dan on the dig.

12. What does Chad offer to give Jean in Act 1?
(a) His share of the lease.
(b) The house.
(c) A dog.
(d) The model.

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

14. What does Delia say in Act 1 that she is frantically beating the bushes for?
(a) The truth.
(b) Herself.
(c) Something to believe in.
(d) Her sight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delia believe about the human eye from looking at charts as a child?

2. Who is revealed to be having an affair with Cynthia near the end of Act 1?

3. How many houses does Cynthia surmise there might have been in the village?

4. Whom does August say Cynthia believes herself to be when speaking to the recorder in Act 1 Part 2?

5. In Act 1, Dan says "A person isn't happy unless ________."

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