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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young woman on whom Alice is applying paint?
(a) Ella.
(b) Laura.
(c) Louise.
(d) Marie.

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

3. Which of the following things does Susan NOT do in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Feigns a heart attack.
(b) Runs onstage.
(c) Speaks in French.
(d) Takes out a revolver.

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

5. What does Susan complain about?
(a) The ungrateful French.
(b) The weak coffee.
(c) The cold weather.
(d) The cheap cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 4?

2. What does Lazar suggest he and Susan not do?

3. Alice is painting Louise to represent ______________.

4. What literary technique does the author use in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What does Susan tell Lazar her job is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the radio interview foreshadow in the story?

3. Why is it possible that Susan has come to see Charleson not for Brock's benefit but to add some excitement to her life?

4. Explain how this scene finally explains the source of Susan's vast emptiness?

5. What type of advice does Susan give Alice?

6. Susan is with Lazar with whom she experienced the pinnacle of excitement in her life yet she is now eager to leave him too.

7. How does the author use the embalming symbolism to relate it to Susan?

8. What does Susan tell Brock about her relationship with Tony?

9. How does the author end the scene so that the first scene of the play now makes sense?

10. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 12?

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