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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Susan suggest that they do with the house?
(a) Give it to Alice to use as a shelter for troubled women.
(b) Sell it to Charleson.
(c) Donate it to the city for a museum.
(d) Tear it down and start over.

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

7. Which of the following do Alice and Brock NOT talk about?
(a) How Alice's latest girlfriend has run off to be with a politician.
(b) How restless Susan is.
(c) The need to get new passports.
(d) A sex change operation that a friend of Alice's has had.

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

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

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

11. Susan asks Charleson if he hates being in a business _______________________.
(a) With such gravity.
(b) With no security.
(c) Where he's not allowed to speak his mind.
(d) With such erratic hours.

12. With whom is Susan lying on a bed?
(a) Brock.
(b) Denny.
(c) Mick.
(d) Lazar.

13. Which of the following do Alice and Dorcas NOT banter about?
(a) Which one has a better sense of humor.
(b) Aristocrats are generally stupid.
(c) Alice is Dorcas' teacher.
(d) Dorcas is the daughter of an aristocrat.

14. What does Lazar say that a good undercover agent never does?
(a) Wears bright clothing.
(b) Talks on a landline phone.
(c) Leaves a paper trail.
(d) Lets people know that he has been in a place.

15. What is the topic of conversation between Susan and Charleson?
(a) Brock's potential for advancement.
(b) Brock's mental health.
(c) Brock's dangerous assignments.
(d) Brock's wardrobe allowance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The priest speaks about the _____________ of life.

3. Whose funeral have Brock and Alice just attended?

4. Who is giving a radio interview as Act 2, Scene 9 begins?

5. How does Susan say she got blood on her hands?

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