Orpheus Descending Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Orpheus Descending Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carol tell Val she's not allowed to do?
(a) Go to New Orleans.
(b) Pick up strangers.
(c) Stay overnight in the county.
(d) Drive.

2. What does Lady get from the cash drawer when she sees Val in the store in Act 1 Scene 2?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A knife.
(d) Money.

3. Who is Dolly's husband?
(a) Pee Wee.
(b) Dog.
(c) Sheriff Talbott.
(d) Jabe.

4. What does Dolly say about Jabe's appearance after he goes upstairs?
(a) He's got blue circles around his eyes.
(b) He's pale as a ghost.
(c) He's green with gout.
(d) He's yellow as butter.

5. What does Vee say she's been doing for ten hours straight in Act 1 Scene 1?
(a) Playing music.
(b) Walking.
(c) Painting.
(d) Writing.

6. What did the letters from Val's woman friend say?
(a) "Here's the money you asked for."
(b) "I love you. Where are you?"
(c) "I love you. When will you come back?"
(d) "I love you. Don't come back."

7. Whose family name is the oldest and most distinguished in the county?
(a) Dog's.
(b) Vee's.
(c) Carol's.
(d) Val's.

8. What does Lady say that the store can never hold?
(a) Money.
(b) Heat.
(c) Light.
(d) Cold.

9. Who would Lady slip off with in the wine garden?
(a) Jabe.
(b) Sheriff Talbott.
(c) David Cutrere.
(d) Val.

10. What does Carol remove from her trench coat pocket in Act 1 Scene 1?
(a) A makeup mirror.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A knife.
(d) A revolver.

11. What does Carol tell Val that she is?
(a) A makeup artist.
(b) A musician.
(c) A ventriloquist.
(d) An exhibitionist.

12. Who does Carol say that Val told her he'd gotten the ring from?
(a) His wife.
(b) A lady bookie.
(c) A lady osteopath.
(d) A lady mobster.

13. What is gilded on the window of the set?
(a) Torrence Mercantile Store.
(b) Murray Ruggles Flowers.
(c) Wilcox Funeral Home.
(d) Thunderly Merchant Store.

14. What does Val say his nickname is?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Snakeskin.
(c) Warrior.
(d) Chocktaw.

15. What does Carol tell the pharmacist to bring over?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Castor Oil.
(c) Derminal tablets.
(d) Luminal tablets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolly compare Lady and Jabe's bedrooms to?

2. What does Jabe do to summon Lady upstairs?

3. Where was Lady's father from?

4. Where is the play set?

5. What does Jabe complain about being moved in the store?

(see the answer keys)

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