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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary technique does the author use in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Flashback.

2. How does Lazar try to comfort Susan?
(a) Holds her.
(b) Gives her wine.
(c) Sings to her.
(d) Gives her cigarettes.

3. What is Susan using for her advertising?
(a) Newspaper ad.
(b) Flyers.
(c) Sandwich board.
(d) Barrage balloon.

4. What is the name of Susan's dead husband?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Tony.
(d) Terry.

5. What industry is Susan thinking of getting into?
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Music.
(d) Advertising.

6. In what country does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

7. Which of the following topics do Alice and Brock NOT talk about?
(a) Alice's not having a place to live.
(b) Money is easy to come by for Brock.
(c) The gifts that Brock brings.
(d) Alice's job search.

8. What does the Frenchman say that France does not need?
(a) Tourists.
(b) Financial help.
(c) More wine.
(d) Help from the British.

9. What nationality is Lazar?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) American.

10. What does Susan call Tony?
(a) A loser.
(b) A man among men.
(c) Slow moving.
(d) A prince of a guy.

11. What is they product that Susan advertises?
(a) A vacuum cleaner.
(b) A dried soup.
(c) A cereal.
(d) A moisturizer.

12. Who is the bureaucrat with whom Susan meets?
(a) Rowles.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Denby.
(d) Dawson.

13. In what country does the play begin?
(a) USA.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

14. What topic does Susan question Darwin about regarding her husband?
(a) Where he died.
(b) When she can see his body.
(c) When she can have a funeral.
(d) Why embalming is necessary.

15. What was especially annoying for Susan while having sex in Mick's bedroom?
(a) His mother was downstairs watching TV.
(b) The ceiling fan didn't work.
(c) His dog kept biting her.
(d) The air conditioner was too loud.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Susan shoot her gun into the ceiling?

2. Susan feels that England will not always be so uptight about ________________.

3. In what year does the play begin?

4. In what month does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

5. Why does Susan think she can't create good ads?

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