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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Joe to be vigorous and in good humor?
(a) The interviewer is calming him.
(b) He has met a couple of friends at the other cottages.
(c) His wife and son are arriving soon.
(d) He has come to grips with his disease and fate.

2. What ends the tension between Beverly and Mark?
(a) Mark yells at Beverly.
(b) Mark leaves.
(c) Beverly keeps drinking.
(d) Brian walks in the room.

3. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?
(a) His cool demeanor as he talks about Brian's condition.
(b) His treatment of her as she visits Brian.
(c) His housekeeping skills.
(d) His refusal to have a cocktail with her.

4. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

5. What is Brian's perspective on death?
(a) He believes people believe in an after-life.
(b) He believes that God provides all of the answers about death.
(c) He believes people think life is supposed to last forever.
(d) He believes people need to deny terminally ille people exist.

6. What does the interviewer do to make Joe relax?
(a) Tells him that all those who have lived in the cottage have been interviewed this way.
(b) Tells him that he will soon see the interviewer.
(c) Tells him to relax and listen to him.
(d) Tells him there is nothing to be frightened of.

7. How does Felicity says that she and Claire communicate?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) They do not communicate.
(c) Writing.
(d) Personal visits.

8. Who is staying with Felicity at the cottage?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her sister.

9. What is the main topic of this play?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) Hospital care.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

10. What topic does Joe try to change it to when Maggie continues with her lack of acceptance?
(a) The family dog who had died last year.
(b) The family buying a farm and living a rural life.
(c) The memories from the last family vacation.
(d) The happenings at Steve's school and Maggie's work.

11. What is located in the interview area?
(a) Two chairs.
(b) A chair and a couch.
(c) A small stool.
(d) A chair, a recorder and a man.

12. What does Steve do to express how much he missed Joe?
(a) He has written Joe a poem.
(b) He gives him a letter he wrote.
(c) He hugs him several times.
(d) He tells him.

13. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term affable?
(a) Unwilling.
(b) Likable.
(c) Sociable.
(d) Generous.

14. What did Beverly tell Brian that he had lost?
(a) The desire to write emotionally.
(b) The magic and zest for real living.
(c) The need for her.
(d) The ability to cope with the realities of life.

15. In what year did this play win both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe admit to the interviewer about Maggie?

2. Why does Felicity continue to lash out at the interviewer?

3. How does Brian end his interview?

4. What does Brian believe has been thwarted by the mechanics of dying?

5. What does Brian believe people are doing instead of living more authentic lives?

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