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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Shep want nothing to do?
(a) His family.
(b) The manners or mores of the upper class.
(c) The military.
(d) His friends in New York City.

2. What does Frank do with the pile of papers on his desk?
(a) He throws them all in the trash.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He goes through them, trying to throw them out, rather than reading them and taking action.
(d) He reads them and decides what should be done with them.

3. How is April Wheeler introduced?
(a) As a lonely teenage girl.
(b) As a beautiful, poised young woman, possessed of a lot of stage presence.
(c) As a horrible actress and annoying housewife.
(d) As a plain looking, quiet woman.

4. As they sip their tea, what does Helen Givings do?
(a) She worries about her son.
(b) She rehearses in her mind how she hopes the visit with the Wheelers will go.
(c) She reprimands her husband for not helping her deal with their son.
(d) She discusses her day with her husband.

5. Why does Frank call Maureen's supervisor at the office?
(a) To tell him he was "borrowing" Maureen for the afternoon.
(b) To tell him she will be returning shortly.
(c) To tell him she has quit.
(d) To tell him she will now be working for Frank.

6. With whom does Frank remember first having lunch?
(a) His wife, before they were married.
(b) Earl Wheeler's boss, Oat Fields.
(c) Mr. Pollack, his father's friend.
(d) His father, Earl Wheeler.

7. What does April say Europe will do for him?
(a) Provide the correct cultural background for him to find a meaningful life for himself.
(b) Provide him a break from reality.
(c) Give him a taste of life away from New York City and the suburbs of Connecticut.
(d) Save him from the depression into which he is sinking.

8. Where does Frank find temporary solace?
(a) In Maureen, a secretary at work.
(b) In a strong drink.
(c) In reading the Sunday comics to his children.
(d) In the quiet of the backyard.

9. What did April want to do when the relationship became serious?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Get an abortion.
(c) Stay in the hospital.
(d) Move to the suburbs.

10. How is Frank at the office?
(a) More nervous and tired.
(b) More bored and annoyed.
(c) More confused and irritated.
(d) More focused and comfortable.

11. How does April respond to Frank's protestations about moving to France?
(a) He needs to trust her that it will all turn out alright.
(b) He will find a good job very quickly.
(c) It does not matter because she is prepared to work to support the family while he "finds himself."
(d) It does not matter because she will find him a job.

12. How does Frank try to change the subject?
(a) He launches into a passionate speech about health care reform and problems with the social security system.
(b) He launches into a passionate discussion about his childhood.
(c) He launches into a passionate speech about how much his wife annoys him.
(d) He launches into a passionate speech about the shallowness of people who come to the suburbs.

13. How does Frank tell stories about himself?
(a) In a seductive voice.
(b) In a clipped voice.
(c) In a calculated way.
(d) In an honest way.

14. At lunch with his co-worker Jack Ordway, what does Frank begin to realize?
(a) He really enjoys his job.
(b) A lot of the business plans and meetings in which he participates concern future events that he will not be around for.
(c) He will miss these meetings and lunch outings when he is in Paris.
(d) He does not want to move to Paris.

15. What does the audience do during intermission?
(a) They wander awkwardly around the high school building.
(b) They discuss how wonderful the performance is.
(c) They leave the poor performance.
(d) They complain about the amateur actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank say has become a kind of national religion?

2. How does sixty-seven-year-old Howard Givings look and act?

3. What does Frank finally notice when he tries to apologize to his wife?

4. Who can Frank hardly remember without the aid of a photograph?

5. What happens when the leading man becomes sick and unable to act?

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