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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 retrieves the package dropped by the plane overhead?
(a) Lazar.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) A local boy.
(d) Susan.

2. What does Susan hint that Brock can bring back for her from Morocco?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Silk.
(c) Pipe.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. What is Alice doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Sculpting a bust.
(b) Applying paint on a nude woman.
(c) Painting a still life.
(d) Sketching a landscape.

4. What is being broadcast on the radio as the scene begins?
(a) A coded message.
(b) An opera.
(c) A Christmas program.
(d) A comedy show.

5. Why did Mick want to see Susan?
(a) Because it is New Year's Eve.
(b) Because he wants her to marry him.
(c) Because he wanted to see the baby.
(d) Because he loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mick refer to the sky?

2. What does Susan tell Mick that she wants?

3. What is Brock's job in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Who is the bureaucrat with whom Susan meets?

5. What does Susan keep by her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Act 1, Scene 3 begin?

2. How does Act 1, Scene 7 begin?

3. How does Mick agree to Susan's idea of getting pregnant?

4. Explain how the author ends the play on a hopeful note for Susan.

5. What does Alice ask Susan as Susan packs?

6. Explain how this scene shows how much Susan needs excitement in her life and what she will do to get it.

7. How does the author contrast Alice and Susan?

8. How does the author show that the imminent relationship between Susan and Brock ends up being more significant for Susan than just the thrill she is looking for all the time?

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

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

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