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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) The military.
(b) The manners or mores of the upper class.
(c) His family.
(d) His friends in New York City.

2. How does Frank feel about Ordway's question?
(a) He finds it humorous.
(b) He ponders it.
(c) He resents it.
(d) He worries about it.

3. At an alcohol-fueled lunch, what does Maureen Grube tell Frank?
(a) She loves her job.
(b) She likes him.
(c) Her life story.
(d) She is not interested in him.

4. What does the audience do after intermission is over?
(a) They return and politely sit through the play's conclusion.
(b) They quickly and enthusiastically come into watch the rest of the performance.
(c) They complain about the poor production.
(d) They leave.

5. What is learned about the Givings's son, John?
(a) He had been a math instructor at a university before he became insane.
(b) He is their special needs child who lives with them.
(c) He is a wealthy doctor living on Long Island.
(d) He is a serial killer who is now in prison for life.

6. How do the others react to Franks long-winded speech?
(a) They become angry.
(b) They sit quietly, indifferently.
(c) They argue with him about his views.
(d) They tell him they do not care what he has to say.

7. What does Ordway ask Wheeler about moving to Europe?
(a) Is life better in Europe.
(b) Why he needs to move there to "discover" himself.
(c) Will he save money by moving there.
(d) Will he have a better job in Europe.

8. For what does April apologize again?
(a) Being hot-headed.
(b) Being hard to live with since her involvement with the community theater.
(c) Making plans without discussing them with him first.
(d) Being rude and unkind.

9. Why does Frank suddenly become angry with his son, Michael?
(a) Michael has lied to him.
(b) The shovel comes close to his son's small foot.
(c) Michael is asking too many questions.
(d) Michael is misbehaving.

10. What does Frank say suburbanites leave in a fog of denial?
(a) The important issues of the world.
(b) How mundane life is in the suburbs.
(c) Their ignorance.
(d) How much they detest their lives.

11. About what is the audience disgruntled?
(a) The heat.
(b) The poor lighting.
(c) The bad performance.
(d) The length of the performance.

12. What dooms the performance?
(a) Lighting problems.
(b) Poor singing.
(c) An out of tune pit orchestra.
(d) Bad acting.

13. What does Frank finally notice when he tries to apologize to his wife?
(a) She is crying.
(b) She is asleep.
(c) She has left the house.
(d) She has taken a blanket and gone to sleep on the couch downstairs.

14. Shep is a rebel and resents what?
(a) His life.
(b) His past.
(c) His mother's efforts to soften him.
(d) His wife.

15. What do the cast members do backstage during intermission?
(a) They gush about how well the performance is going.
(b) They decide to cancel the second act.
(c) They rest before the second act.
(d) They pace, wishing only to finish the second act and go home as fast as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Frank look forward?

2. Where does John Givings currently live?

3. Where does April believe it would be easy for her to find a job in Paris?

4. What had Frank once boasted to April years earlier?

5. Why did Maureen marry at age eighteen?

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