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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Merv say about his former wife?
(a) She was unfaithful.
(b) She was a shrew.
(c) She was never threatening.
(d) She was intimidating.

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

4. How does Gorgeous characterize herself?
(a) She says she is quick-witted.
(b) She says she is "winsome."
(c) She says she is "funsy."
(d) She says she is devout.

5. What does Sara think of Tess's project?
(a) She thinks Tess is lying about the project.
(b) She cannot imagine that her past has any importance.
(c) She thinks Tess should concentrate on math and science.
(d) She thinks the teacher who assigned it is too liberal.

6. What does Gorgeous say about Sara after their exchange about the ceremony?
(a) She says Sara should lead the ceremony next time.
(b) She says Sara is a hard woman.
(c) She says Sara misspoke some of the words during the ceremony.
(d) She says Sara is a shining example of a faithful Jew.

7. In preparation for the Sabbath ceremony, what does Gorgeous do?
(a) She makes a sign of the cross.
(b) She covers her head.
(c) She kneels down.
(d) She removes her jewelry.

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

9. What play does Pfeni quote from when she and Geoffrey are speaking at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters.
(b) Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
(c) Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
(d) William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

10. Why does Sara object to Tom's and Tess's relationship?
(a) Sara thinks Tess is too young to have a boyfriend.
(b) Tom is not American.
(c) Tom is a revolutionary.
(d) Tom is too possessive of Tess.

11. Who are Tom and Tess arguing with at the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Nick.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Sara.
(d) Geoffrey.

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

13. What does Gorgeous do for a living?
(a) She is an artist,
(b) She teaches.
(c) She hosts a radio call-in show.
(d) She works in musical theater.

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

15. How could the amount of time Pfeni and Geoffrey spend together be categorized?
(a) They have a very specific arrangement to only see each other every other weekend.
(b) They spend all of their time together.
(c) They spend much of the time apart.
(d) They see each other only on their yearly vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gorgeous doing in London?

2. How does Pfeni feel about her appearance?

3. Why does Sara reject the statuette?

4. How do the main players in this scene go into dinner at the conclusion of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What does Merv arrive at the door with?

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