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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. What does George joke about when first meeting Mike and Liz?
(a) The way they talk.
(b) The coal dust on his clothes.
(c) The questions they are asking him.
(d) The way Tracy is acting.

2. What does Dexter leave on the table as he exits Tracy's pre-wedding dinner?
(a) Her engagement ring.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His watch.
(d) Her wedding present.

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

4. What question does Mike ask Sandy about George and Tracy?
(a) What Dexter thinks about them.
(b) Why it took them so long to meet.
(c) How long ago they met.
(d) How they met.

5. Who does Uncle Willie suggest he might invite to the wedding?
(a) His dancer friend from Connecticut.
(b) His actress friend from Connecticut.
(c) His dancer friend from New York.
(d) His actress friend from New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her pre-wedding dinner, what does Dexter tell Tracy she has none of?

2. How does Margaret respond when Dinah says that the article she is reading, "stinks?"

3. Who were banned from the house by her father, according to Tracy?

4. What does Dinah ask Margaret about Tracy and Dexter?

5. What does Liz say that she would do in a second?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which one of Mike's stories does Tracy single out and what does it signify?

2. How does Dexter respond to Tracy's criticism of herself for the previous night, and why is it important to the main theme of the play?

3. How does Dinah present herself for the first time to Mike and Liz, what is she trying to accomplish, and how do Mike and Liz react?

4. What is significant about the way Dexter and George both arrive at the house while Tracy and Mike are in the pool?

5. What is relevant about the conversation between Tracy and Mike before he exits to get ready for her pre-wedding dinner?

6. What does Mike tell Tracy about her upcoming marriage at the pool, and how does she respond?

7. What are Mike and Liz's thoughts of Tracy before they meet her and how are they significant?

8. What is the interesting interaction between Mike and Sandy at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?

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

10. Why does Mike propose to Tracy, and how does her response help both of them?

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