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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. What does Lazar suggest he and Susan not do?
(a) Look at each other.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Talk.

2. What does Alice comment on regarding Brock?
(a) His messy hair.
(b) His shiny shoes.
(c) His drooling.
(d) The blood on his face.

3. What does Susan tell Mick that she wants?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A child.
(c) A trip to Paris.
(d) Some champagne.

4. In what country does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan tell Lazar her job is?

2. What is the only reason Susan would consider getting married?

3. Mick suggests that Susan thinks ___________________.

4. What does Alice bring with her into the room?

5. Who is the bureaucrat with whom Susan meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susan's gun symbolize in this scene?

2. What is the foreshadowing in the appearance of the Frenchman?

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

4. What is the scope of Susan and Mick's relationship?

5. What does Alice ask Susan as Susan packs?

6. How does the author use the symbol of the barrage balloon to show Susan's boredom?

7. Explain the significance of Mick's reference to a "mackerel" sky.

8. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 1 and who are the first two characters to appear?

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

10. How does Act 1, Scene 7 begin?

(see the answer keys)

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