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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brian believe people are doing instead of living more authentic lives?
(a) Praying to a God he does not believe exists.
(b) Moving through their lives in an automatic way.
(c) Denying the facts that are presented to them.
(d) Trying methods to prolong the inevitable.

2. What does Maggie do when Steve jokes with her and tries to pull her in the cottage?
(a) She walks away from both Steve and Joe.
(b) She slaps him hard across the face.
(c) She slides to the cottage floor and sobs.
(d) She yells and cusses at him.

3. Where is the setting for the opening of this play?
(a) A hospital room.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A doctor's office.

4. Which of the following is the best definition of taboo?
(a) Acceptable.
(b) Forbidden.
(c) Prescribe.
(d) Contradict.

5. Who does Felicity say Agnes is like?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her father.

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

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

8. How long has it been since Joe saw his wife and son?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 months.

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

10. Why is Joe's interview halted?
(a) Joe has asked for a break.
(b) Another patient needs the interviewer.
(c) His family has arrived.
(d) Joe has become ill.

11. What does Brian believe would allow people to live more authentic lives?
(a) Refusing to accept their own fate.
(b) Fighting to live for as long as possible.
(c) Admitting the reality of their own death.
(d) Believing in an after life.

12. Why did Brian's ex-wife leave him?
(a) He spent all of his time writing and not paying attention to her.
(b) He would write about her and reveal her secrets to others.
(c) He wanted to write and talk instead of living life to its fullest.
(d) He would always seem sad or irrate when he was writing.

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

14. What does Brian indicate is the only thing that anyone can be sure of?
(a) Birth.
(b) Life.
(c) Illness.
(d) Death.

15. What has caused regular visits between Joe and his family to be prohibitive?
(a) Rules of the hospital.
(b) Hospital expenses and long distance.
(c) Job and school demands.
(d) Nature of his disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brian's perspective on death?

2. How old is Steve?

3. Why did Joe discourage his wife from coming to see him more often?

4. What does the interviewer tell Joe he is available to do?

5. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?

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