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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gorgeous notice about the time of day near the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) In it time for a late lunch.
(b) It is high noon.
(c) It is nearing sundown.
(d) It is 8:00 p.m. and time for the party.

2. Whose birthday is to be celebrated?
(a) Sara's.
(b) Nick's.
(c) Tess's.
(d) Pfeni's.

3. When Pfeni first arrives, she is late. Who or what does she blame that on?
(a) She was distracted by a shopping expedition.
(b) An Indian taxi driver.
(c) A late train.
(d) A broken watch.

4. How many times has Sara been married?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

5. What sort of surgery has Sara had as revealed in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A nose job.
(b) An appendectomy.
(c) A hysterectomy.
(d) A facelift.

6. Where does Gorgeous live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Massachusetts.

7. What social situation concerns Tess?
(a) The AIDS epidemic is growing.
(b) People are using drugs.
(c) The monarchy in England is corrupt.
(d) There are homeless living by the train tracks.

8. Before Geoffrey met Pfeni, with whom did he live?
(a) Sara's ex-husband.
(b) His mother.
(c) His boyfriend.
(d) Pfeni's sister, Gorgeous.

9. What cause do Tom and Tess support?
(a) An artist's movement.
(b) A social revolution in Eastern Europe.
(c) Animal rights.
(d) An anti-war manifesto.

10. What does Gorgeous encourage Sara to do as the two sister discuss Sara's surgery and subsequent events in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Talk about her feelings.
(b) Travel to India with Pfeni.
(c) Return to America.
(d) See a psychiatrist.

11. What does Geoffrey say about his relationship with Pfeni?
(a) He says it is perfect.
(b) He says it would be perfect if she would only agree to marry him.
(c) He says he is miserable.
(d) He says they need to spend more time together.

12. What does Gorgeous say about Geoffrey's friends when she first encounters Merv?
(a) She says they all like musical theater.
(b) She says they are all Jewish.
(c) She says they are all boorish.
(d) She says they all find her attractive.

13. What does Pfeni say is her motivation for coming to dinner?
(a) She wants to return to her Jewish roots.
(b) She doesn't want Gorgeous to be the only sister who shows up.
(c) She wants to meet Tess's boyfriend.
(d) She has nothing better to do.

14. Why does Sara complain to Pfeni about Tess?
(a) Sara thinks Tess will try to run away.
(b) Sara would like for Tess to become a famous playwright and Tess is resisting her.
(c) Sara says Tess is trying to do everything the opposite of her mother.
(d) Sara thinks Tess is too frumpy.

15. What compliment does Merv pay Sara in Act 1, Scene 3's close?
(a) He says she knows how to engage in lively debate.
(b) He says she is very witty.
(c) He says she knows how to prepare a good Sabbath meal.
(d) He says she is extremely intelligent and he finds that attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Merv's concerns regarding the discussion at the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

2. As Act 1, Scene 3 opens, what is being served?

3. What does Sara say she is grateful for as she makes a brief speech in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What play does Pfeni quote from when she and Geoffrey are speaking at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Where does Tom work?

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