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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan tells Brock more about ___________________.
(a) Her time in the war.
(b) Her medical history.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her favorite books.

2. What does Alice bring with her into the room?
(a) A dog.
(b) A take-out meal.
(c) A cat.
(d) A suitcase.

3. Brock says that when Susan talks about the war and starts cleaning her gun, he is going to ________________.
(a) Hear more war stories.
(b) Get kicked out.
(c) Hear more confessions.
(d) Hear more lies.

4. What is being broadcast on the radio as the scene begins?
(a) A coded message.
(b) A comedy show.
(c) An opera.
(d) A Christmas program.

5. What does Brock say people will have plenty of in the next few post war years?
(a) Travel.
(b) Money.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Cigarettes.

6. What does Brock ask Susan as she eats his omelet?
(a) If she put cheese in the omelet.
(b) If she will take his shirts to the laundry.
(c) If she is planning to let Alice move in.
(d) If she will drive him to the airport.

7. Who retrieves the package dropped by the plane overhead?
(a) Lazar.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) Susan.
(d) A local boy.

8. What is Alice's job?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Diplomat.

9. What does Susan tell Alice to tell Brock when he wakes up?
(a) The truth.
(b) Make up some story.
(c) Don't tell him anything.
(d) Lies always work.

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

11. Who is the author of this play?
(a) Douglas Hare.
(b) David Halliwell.
(c) David Hanson.
(d) David Hare.

12. Why does Susan want to get pregnant?
(a) Her mother is pressuring her.
(b) Her life is boring.
(c) She is getting older.
(d) All her friends have babies.

13. In what year does the play begin?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1992.

14. Susan takes a break from packing to do what?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Eat lunch.
(d) Smoke a cigarette.

15. What does Susan say that she and Tony both missed?
(a) The excitement of being in the Resistance.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) American cigarettes.
(d) French brandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Brock, Darwin is more concerned with ____________ than anything else.

2. What does Susan call Tony?

3. What does Susan do as Mick rants and refuses to leave the apartment?

4. In what country does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

5. In what year does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?

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