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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. Where is George staying?
(a) In the downstairs guest room.
(b) In the room above the garage.
(c) In the upstairs guest room.
(d) In the guest cottage.

2. What does Dinah ask Margaret about Tracy and Dexter?
(a) If Tracy left him without saying anything.
(b) If Tracy hit him.
(c) If Dexter left her without saying anything.
(d) If Dexter hit her.

3. What does Liz say that she would do in a second?
(a) Trade places with Tracy.
(b) Choose Dexter over George.
(c) Spend all of Tracy's money.
(d) Choose George over Mike.

4. What does Dinah tell Margaret has been written about Seth?
(a) His relationship with a dancer in Connecticut.
(b) His relationship with an actress from Connecticut.
(c) His relationship with an actress from New York.
(d) His relationship with a dancer in New York.

5. During her pre-wedding dinner, what does Dexter tell Tracy she has none of?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Flaws.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mike and Liz comment on as they enter the Lord house in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What have Margaret and Tracy not had very much success in, according to Margaret?

3. Who arrives as Tracy is leaving at the end of Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does Tracy ask Mike to do as he is getting ready to leave?

5. What does Dexter refer to Tracy as, causing her to become furious?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the family do in Act 2, Scene 1, Part 2 that indicates a change in their priorities?

2. How does George view being featured in the magazine, and why does it surprise Tracy?

3. How do Tracy and Margaret's marriages compare, and what is the difference between how the two look at them?

4. What is Dexter's wedding present to Tracy and why is it symbolic?

5. What is Tracy trying to figure out about Mike after reading his stories, and what is significant about her observation of him?

6. What does the character of Seth represent as he is first mentioned in the play?

7. How is the demeanor of the Lord family displayed in Act 1, Part 1?

8. What does the audience learn about Tracy's first marriage in the first part of Act 1?

9. How does the play end, and what does it symbolize for Tracy and her life?

10. What is significant about the conversation between Mike and Liz at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, Part 1?

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