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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. Lewis and Joy make plans for what?
(a) A trip to Austria.
(b) Tea.
(c) Co-writing a book.
(d) A train ride.

2. Which college is Lewis from?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

3. In what decade is the play set?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1940s.

4. What news does Lewis have for Warnie?
(a) He is dying of cancer.
(b) He has agreed to marry Joy.
(c) He is moving in with Joy and Douglas.
(d) He is taking a job in New York.

5. What does Joy tell Lewis about Douglas?
(a) He wants to live with his father.
(b) He is failing in school.
(c) He is settling in well.
(d) He is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scene 6 opens at what?

2. Who does Lewis see that surprises him?

3. What do Joy and Lewis joke about?

4. Who is present at Lewis and Joy's wedding?

5. What topic are the men joking about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Warnie do after the ceremony is over? Why does he do this?

2. What does Lewis do in this scene? Who does he address? What topics does he discuss?

3. What do Lewis and Joy discuss before she leaves? What does he ask her? What does Joy ask of Lewis?

4. What is Joy's homecoming like? What activities does the family engage in?

5. What does Lewis say about pain, suffering, and love? What benefit does he believe that suffering has?

6. What is revealed about Joy? How does she feel about this now?

7. What do Lewis and Joy discuss in the scene? How do they feel after this conversation?

8. What is the wedding ceremony like? Describe what happens.

9. What is Joy's condition like? How is she feeling?

10. Where does Scene 2 open? Who is present in the scene? What are they doing?

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