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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. Who is revealed to be having an affair with Cynthia near the end of Act 1?
(a) Chad.
(b) August.
(c) Dan.
(d) Delia.

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

3. What does Dan say he fell asleep wrapped around in New York?
(a) A stop sign.
(b) A fire-alarm box.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A street post.

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

5. Who is the author of the Aztec poem that is recited in Act 1?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) Tinkonuktu.
(c) The shaman it was buried by.
(d) A God-King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does August say is coming to stay with them unexpectedly?

2. What is the name that August refers to the site as?

3. What activity is Jean doing in Act 1 Part 4?

4. Jean asks Delia in Act 1 Part 5 if she happens to have what?

5. Delia talks of a soothsayer in Dombey and Son. Who changed the future in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. 'If you save a man from drowning, you're responsible for him the rest of his life.' Who quotes this proverb in the play? In regards to whom?

2. How does Jean feel about Chad's advances in Act 2? What does August say regarding Chad?

3. In the opening of the play, August speaks into a tape recorder. To whom is he speaking and why?

4. What is the primary motif used in the play? How does this motif symbolize the main character, and how does it relate to the theme?

5. Who is Professor August Howe? How old is he? What is his profession?

6. What does the rain represent in Act 2?

7. What is a God-king?

8. What does August suggest to Cynthia regarding Delia in Act 1? Who else has dealt with Delia in this way?

9. Who is the character named Chad? How does he relate to the other characters in the play? What is his position in relation to the house and the excavation site?

10. Who is suspiciously holding the flashlight in the blackout at the end of Act 1? Why?

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