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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice doing as she sits at a table?
(a) Reads a magazine.
(b) Stuffs envelopes.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Drinks tea.

2. What does Susan say is the only real dignity in life?
(a) Being philanthropic.
(b) Honoring your parents.
(c) Raising good children.
(d) Living single.

3. What is the setting as Act 2, Scene 11 ends?
(a) A dark street.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) The fields of France.
(d) A prison.

4. What does Brock think made his civil service job easier?
(a) Cocktail parties.
(b) Assistants.
(c) Limousines.
(d) Hypocrisy.

5. What has hindered Brock's progress in the diplomatic service?
(a) His inability to learn French.
(b) His decision not to return to Iran.
(c) His lack of social skills.
(d) His wife's mental illness.

6. Who is the first character to appear in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Brock.
(b) A delivery man.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A priest.

7. The priest speaks about the _____________ of life.
(a) Importance.
(b) Brevity.
(c) Sweetness.
(d) Sanctity.

8. How had Lazar reconnected with Susan?
(a) He saw her picture in a magazine.
(b) He read her newspaper column.
(c) He heard her on a radio broadcast.
(d) He read her divorce notice.

9. In what year does Act 2, Scene 12 take place?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1972.

10. What does the Frenchman say about the English?
(a) They always hide their feelings.
(b) They are very polite.
(c) They are hard to understand.
(d) They have really bad teeth.

11. Who is Brock's wife?
(a) Louise.
(b) Alice.
(c) Connie.
(d) Susan.

12. What does Susan say she will do if Brock doesn't get a better job?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Divorce him.
(c) Get a job herself.
(d) Kill him.

13. Why have Susan and Lazar returned to France?
(a) To establish an orphanage.
(b) To start a business.
(c) For a tribute to their war comrades.
(d) To get married.

14. Why does Susan say she married her husband?
(a) He had money.
(b) He had connections.
(c) He got her out of being arrested.
(d) He was the most handsome thing she had ever seen.

15. Which of the following does Charleson say Brock does NOT have?
(a) Courage.
(b) Wit.
(c) Passion.
(d) Intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Frenchman say his wife will be cooking?

2. Who does Darwin believe to be at fault for the British problem?

3. What does Darwin ask Brock about Susan's behavior?

4. What is the topic of conversation between Susan and Charleson?

5. Darwin is angry about England's problems as a result of their invasion of ___________________.

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