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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe describe his life?
(a) With a need to explain.
(b) With a sense of futility.
(c) With painful memories.
(d) With a great sense of peace.

2. What is the last stage in the grief cycle?
(a) Denial.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Anger.
(d) Acceptance.

3. Which of the following characters seems more resigned to the end of an unfulfilling life?
(a) Felicity.
(b) Joe.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Brian.

4. How does Brian feel about the argument over the spill on the jacket?
(a) He finds it disturbing.
(b) He finds it hysterical.
(c) He finds it trivial.
(d) He doesn't know what to make of it.

5. What does Brian attempt to do with Beverly?
(a) Make love to her.
(b) Argue with her.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Dance with her.

6. What does Maggie realize Joe needs from her?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Love.
(c) Support.
(d) Anger.

7. What did Felicity refuse to do according to Agnes?
(a) Have a funeral for her daughter.
(b) Acknowledge Claire's death.
(c) Talk about Claire with anyone.
(d) Move out of her home.

8. Why doesn't Agnes believe that what she is doing is wrong?
(a) She is making sure her mother gets the best care.
(b) Felicity is dying anyway.
(c) She is helping to keep Felicity alive.
(d) Felicity's thinking is impaired.

9. What does Agnes believe she has provided for Felicity?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Care.

10. What is a part of the dying process for each of the patients?
(a) Explaining their illness.
(b) Finding their spirituality.
(c) Getting their affairs in order.
(d) Reviewing their lives.

11. What does Mark do when Beverly follows Brian?
(a) He walks out of the cottage to clear his head.
(b) He goes into the kitchen to clean his jacket.
(c) He cleans up the mess that Beverly made.
(d) He drinks champagne straight from the bottle.

12. How does Maggie feel that prevents her from going into the cottage?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Fear.

13. What seems to be the most important theme of the play?
(a) There is always hope even in death.
(b) There are many stages of grief.
(c) Life always ends in death.
(d) Really live while you're alive.

14. What did Agnes say about her relationship with Claire before their father died?
(a) They never got along.
(b) They were close.
(c) They argued a lot.
(d) They wer always treated differently.

15. What does Agnes believe has kept Felicity alive for the past two years?
(a) Anticipation of the letters.
(b) Her ongoing case of senility.
(c) Agnes's devotion to ther mother.
(d) The work of the hospitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters seems to battle the process the most?

2. What does Brian try to incorporate into the process of grieving?

3. What does Beverly spill on Mark's jacket?

4. What does Felicity ask Agnes to do while she drinks her tea?

5. Which of the following was not one of the descriptions that Agnes used to describe Claire after her mother took over her husband's job?

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