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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the children doing?
(a) Lighting bonfires in the town square.
(b) Playing tag.
(c) Setting off fireworks.
(d) Riding bicycles.

2. What does Susan tell Darwin he can forget all about?
(a) The Suez Canal.
(b) The Bering Strait.
(c) The Panama Canal.
(d) The Isthmus of Panama.

3. Who does Darwin believe to be at fault for the British problem?
(a) The queen's guards.
(b) Politicians.
(c) The royal family.
(d) Parliament.

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

5. Which of the following does Brock NOT say about his life?
(a) Learning to live on less money.
(b) A simpler life will be better for Susan and him.
(c) His divorce from Susan.
(d) Leaving his job.

6. Where does Susan go at the end of the play?
(a) To her apartment.
(b) To a bar.
(c) To a cafe.
(d) To the Frenchman's home.

7. Who does Susan encounter in France?
(a) Mick.
(b) Charleson.
(c) Alice.
(d) A Frenchman.

8. Which of the following is NOT a topic of conversation between Brock and Alice?
(a) How dusty the house is.
(b) The weather.
(c) How grim funerals are.
(d) How the house is unused.

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

10. What does Darwin tell Brock almost guarantees a promotion in the diplomatic service?
(a) Military service.
(b) A mad wife.
(c) A trust fund.
(d) Family connections.

11. What does the Frenchman say he is going to do?
(a) Move to the city.
(b) Move to a bigger farm.
(c) Sell his farm.
(d) Stay on his farm.

12. In what year does Act 2, Scene 8 take place?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1972.

13. What does Dorcas want and can't afford?
(a) A house.
(b) An abortion.
(c) A new car.
(d) A new wardrobe.

14. Who is the Burmese businessman Brock is entertaining?
(a) Mr. Pax.
(b) Mr. Chan.
(c) Mr. Ngueyn.
(d) Mr. Wong.

15. What does Lazar ask Susan?
(a) If she will move in with him.
(b) If she will return to France with him.
(c) If she will marry him.
(d) If she remembers what happened between them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Susan going into town?

2. Who is Brock's wife?

3. Which of the following does Charleson say Brock does NOT have?

4. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 10?

5. What does Brock think made his civil service job easier?

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