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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Emily die?
(a) Disease.
(b) Child birth.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Suicide.

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

3. What does the stage manager say during a pause in the wedding?
(a) Love is a beautiful thing.
(b) One of these young people will die soon.
(c) Emily was wise to fear this wedding.
(d) The patterns of life repeat themselves.

4. Where did George and Emily go after they were elected to their offices in the student council?
(a) A soda shop.
(b) Emily's house.
(c) George's house.
(d) The school library.

5. What is so conspicuous about one of the chairs in the first row in the first scene of Act 3?
(a) It is empty.
(b) There is a spotlight on it.
(c) It is a different color than the others.
(d) There is a small child in it.

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

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

8. What does George buy for Emily during their chat after the Student Council elections?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A soda.
(c) Some candy.
(d) A flower.

9. What does the stage manager say we all know at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) That life is short.
(b) That something is eternal.
(c) That life is worth living.
(d) That everyone dies.

10. How does the stage manager describe the weddings in this town?
(a) Long and tedius.
(b) Sweet and sentimental.
(c) Plain and short.
(d) Joyous and rowdy.

11. Why does Mrs. Webb say she is crying at the wedding?
(a) She doesn't know.
(b) She is worried.
(c) She feels it all went too fast.
(d) She does not think this will last.

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

13. What does Mrs. Webb say is cruel while at the wedding?
(a) Sending young girls into marriage unprepared.
(b) Not allowing a mother to help her daughter get dressed on her wedding day.
(c) Stealing a mother's daughter so soon after graduation.
(d) Forcing a mother to plan a wedding on such short notice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Simon Stimwell die?

2. Who is to be buried at the beginning of Act 3?

3. What is the second real character that the stage manager plays?

4. What does George tell Emily is so hard for a fella' as he talks to her after the student council elections?

5. What does the stage manager urge the audience to do while George and Emily prepare to tell their story?

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