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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. With the decision to move to Paris, what seem to return to the marriage of Frank and April Wheeler?
(a) Peace, serenity, and hope.
(b) Depression, distance, and silence.
(c) Irritation, jealousy, and passion.
(d) Silence, irritation, and sadness.

2. How does April respond to Frank?
(a) She apologizes for their fight.
(b) She shrugs him off coldly.
(c) She cries as he drives away.
(d) She begs him to stay.

3. What does April recount?
(a) How she felt when they first met.
(b) How she felt when they had their first fight.
(c) How she felt when she became pregnant with their first child.
(d) How she felt when they moved to Connecticut.

4. When did Frank and April's love affair in a seedy shack near Greenwich Village turn serious?
(a) She became sick.
(b) She got pregnant.
(c) They got married.
(d) He lost his job.

5. From where is the director who is hired to work with the amateur actors?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Frank Wheeler catch a glimpse as April acts out her part onstage?

2. As he approaches his house, what does Frank notice?

3. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?

4. What does Frank do when she starts to go into a long explanation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Givings show up? How does Frank react to this?

2. What does Maureen tell Frank at lunch?

3. What has happened to John Givings?

4. How did Frank and April's relationship begin?

5. How does Frank react when he and April begin to make love?

6. Describe Helen Givings.

7. What do Frank and Maureen do after lunch?

8. What does the Knox Building represent?

9. How does Frank feel about seeing his wife on stage?

10. About what do the Wheelers and their guests discuss?

(see the answer keys)

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