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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily beg her mother to do at the end of the play?
(a) Let loose of her mundane duties for a time.
(b) Come with her.
(c) Keep her safe.
(d) Truly see her and experience the moments she has.

2. What does Dr. Gibbs put on Emily's grave?
(a) A picture.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) Her wedding dress.

3. What does George do when he enters the cemetery alone?
(a) Lays face down on Emily's grave.
(b) Begs Emily to come back to him.
(c) Speaks with his mother about how sad he is.
(d) Places flowers on Emily's grave.

4. What does George tell his mother he and Emily will do just before he is married?
(a) Attend the same college.
(b) Move to the country.
(c) Eat dinner at her house every Thursday.
(d) Always live close to her.

5. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The children of Emily and George.
(b) The new people in town.
(c) Some of the audience members.
(d) The people in the cemetary.

6. Why does Emily say what she thinks about just before she gets married?
(a) How handsome George is.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She feels that things are good the way they are.
(d) Her father crying.

7. What is the setting of the first scene in Act 3?
(a) A church.
(b) A school.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A town square.

8. What does the stage manager say is replacing automobiles while he chats with George and Emily?
(a) Buses.
(b) Horses.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Walking.

9. According to the stage manager, what almost always accompanies youth and love?
(a) Craziness.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Jealousy.

10. What does George say he does not want to do just before he gets married?
(a) Grow old.
(b) Get married.
(c) Make his love live in poverty.
(d) Go to school

11. Who does the stage manager say has fully enjoyed life while living it?
(a) Some saints and some poets.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Everyone in their own way.
(d) A few gifted individuals.

12. What does Emily NOT say goodbye to when she chooses to not re-live her life?
(a) The Earth.
(b) George.
(c) Her memories.
(d) Her life.

13. What two terms do the dead use to describe life?
(a) Carefree and simple.
(b) Awful and wonderful.
(c) Mundane and hectic.
(d) Loving and hateful.

14. What kind of college is George going to?
(a) Agricultural.
(b) Geological.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Community.

15. How did Wally die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Disease.
(c) War wound.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters does NOT take a seat in one of the chairs in the first scene of Act 3?

2. What is the last thing the stage manager says in Act 2?

3. What does Mr. Webb ask George just before he marries Emily?

4. What does Mrs. Webb say she wants to do before her daughter gets married, but does not think she will have the chance to do?

5. What does Mrs. Webb give Emily when she first begins her new life?

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