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

2. Why was Joe released from the hospital?
(a) To keep others from catching his illness.
(b) To be able to keep track of his progress more carefully.
(c) Because there was nothing else they could do for him.
(d) To spend time with his family.

3. How does Brian end his interview?
(a) By saying that the process of life and death shouldn't be taken seriously.
(b) By telling the interviewer that people here are too serious.
(c) By saying that he wishes he had a typewriter so that he could write again.
(d) By telling the interviewer that he really misses Beverly.

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

5. What hope does Joe have in regards to Maggie's visit?
(a) That she will be ready to comfort Steve when the time comes.
(b) That she will be able to find peace.
(c) That she will love being at the cottage.
(d) That she will finally understand he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Felicity?

2. What does the interviewer tell Joe about his feelings?

3. What does Brian believe that every person thinks, though it is not the reality?

4. What topic does Joe try to change it to when Maggie continues with her lack of acceptance?

5. What does Felicity tell the interviewer to undermine Claire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Brian's wife leave him?

2. How does Felicity feel about her treatment so far at the hospital and where does she sometimes think she is?

3. What does the interviewer do to help Joe relax?

4. What is happening at Joe's cottage in the beginning of act 2?

5. What happens when Beverly finishes her dance performance?

6. Why weren't Joe's wife and son regular visitors while he was in the hospital?

7. What does Joe tell the interviewer about his wife Maggie and her understanding of his condition?

8. How does Beverly react to Mark's information about Brian's condition?

9. How did Agnes's plan work in regards to her mother?

10. What is the main plot line of the play, The Shadow Box?

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