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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sara deflect conversation about social conditions?
(a) She talks about Jewish food.
(b) She talks about her latest shopping spree.
(c) She talks about her relationship with Geoffrey.
(d) She talks about Hong Kong.

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

3. Where does Tom work?
(a) In a tea shop.
(b) In Tess's school.
(c) In a radio equipment store.
(d) In a restaurant frequented by members of the revolutionary party.

4. How does Sara feel about the Sabbath ceremony?
(a) She says Gorgeous is not orthodox enough.
(b) She says she wishes their mother was there to lead it.
(c) She is very respectful.
(d) She ridicules it.

5. What does Geoffrey suddenly remember before he exits Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Where he put his lost keys.
(b) The actual meeting place for the delegation.
(c) The present he bought but left at home.
(d) Where he first met Merv.

6. What childhood game do Pfeni and Sara play?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Hide 'n' Seek.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) A clapping game.

7. What happens to the party as Gorgeous chatters on?
(a) The room goes silent.
(b) The party-goers grow irritated with her jokes.
(c) The party-goers grow more lively.
(d) The party divides into those who want to talk to Gorgeous and those who don't.

8. What is Nick's reaction to the global situation?
(a) He wants to write a check to help the cause.
(b) He gets teary-eyed.
(c) He passionately shouts that they must do something.
(d) He does not appear to care.

9. Why does Pfeni carry her belongings in shopping bags?
(a) Pfeni's grandmother said shopping bags were for "crazy people," and she wants to prove her right.
(b) Pfeni lost her suitcases while she was traveling around the world.
(c) Pfeni's grandmother always carried her things in shopping bags, and Pfeni wants to be just like her.
(d) Pfeni's suitcases were stolen.

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

11. What does Merv arrive at the door with?
(a) A delivery.
(b) A birthday cake for the party.
(c) Gorgeous, the unseen sister.
(d) Shopping bags.

12. Which of these is a personality trait of Gorgeous as exhibited in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She uses extremely big words.
(b) She cries a lot.
(c) She is somber.
(d) She is chatty.

13. What is one of Merv's concerns regarding the discussion at the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Musical theater is dying.
(b) Whether he has overstayed his welcome.
(c) Anti-Semitism.
(d) Deciphering Nick's accent.

14. What does Sara say men usually feel about her?
(a) She is too liberated.
(b) She is intimidating.
(c) She is attractive.
(d) She is fragile.

15. Why does Sara complain to Pfeni about Tess?
(a) Sara thinks Tess is too frumpy.
(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 will try to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tess's school project?

2. What does Gorgeous say Sara has become?

3. What does Gorgeous think the Concert of Europe is?

4. Whose side does Merv take in the debate that is occurring at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What other play is referenced in Act 1, Scene 3?

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