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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 Mrs. Boeuf give to Mr. Papillon in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A doctor's excuse.
(d) A ring.

2. What word is printed above the grocery shop in Rhinoceros?
(a) Epicerie.
(b) Grocery.
(c) Ecole.
(d) Epistare.

3. Who does Berenger tell Jean has turned into a rhinoceros in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Papillon.
(b) Boeuf.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Botard.

4. What does Jean tell Berenger he's headed for in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Cirrhosis.
(d) High blood pressure.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros, Botard says, "Your rhinoceroses are a ____ of some washerwoman's imagination."
(a) Ghost.
(b) Tea kettle.
(c) Flower.
(d) Hallucination.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time the old man saw Jean in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

2. Where does Mrs. Boeuf land when she jumps in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

3. What season is it in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

4. What were the animals from the zoo destroyed by in Rhinoceros?

5. How many horns did the first rhinoceros have in Act 1, according to Jean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who runs into the office in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros? Why?

2. Describe Jean and Berenger as they first appear in Act 1 of Rhinoceros.

3. What is Berenger's argument against the rhinoceroses in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

4. What is the logician teaching his friend in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

5. Who is the old man who lives next to Jean? What does he tell Berenger in Act 2, Scene 2 of Rhinoceros?

6. How is the appearance of a Rhinoceros presented to the audience in Act 1 of Rhinoceros?

7. Whose presence startles Berenger in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? How does he react? Why?

8. What does the housewife break in Act 1 of Rhinoceros? What is the grocer's suggestion?

9. What happens at nine o'clock in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

10. What is the reaction of the office of the unexpected visitor's news in Act 2, Scene 1 of Rhinoceros?

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