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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who sits by Mrs. Webb at the wedding?
(a) Mrs. Soames.
(b) Mr. Webb.
(c) Simon Stimwell.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

3. What does Emily tell George she is sorry for as they talk after the student council elections?
(a) Hurting his feelings.
(b) Spreading a rumor.
(c) Telling the truth.
(d) Being so bold.

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

5. 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?
(a) Speak to George.
(b) Talk to her daughter.
(c) Thank all the guests.
(d) Kiss her daughter.

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

7. Who speaks the most during the wedding?
(a) Mrs. Webb.
(b) Mrs. Soames.
(c) The stage manager.
(d) Emily.

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

9. What do the guests at George and Emily's wedding sit on?
(a) Pews.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Benches.
(d) The ground.

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

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

12. What does Emily say just before she gets married?
(a) She hates George and wishes she were dead.
(b) She would rather things remain the way they are.
(c) She refuses to live far from her father.
(d) She loves George.

13. What does the stage manager tell the audience to do at the end of the play?
(a) Cherish those around them.
(b) Live life to the fullest.
(c) Learn something.
(d) Go home and rest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George realize when he is talking to Emily after the student council elections?

2. Who enters the stage just after Mrs. Webb is done speaking at the wedding?

3. What does the stage manager say the dead are doing?

4. What does Mr. Web say when he first comes home from work in the third act?

5. What question does the stage manager ask Emily while playing his first actual character?

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