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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sara say about Pfeni's career in Act 2, Scene 1, the day after the party?
(a) She is deluding herself.
(b) She has a calling.
(c) She should have been a teacher like their mother suggested.
(d) She is wasting her talents.

2. What is the name of the friend Merv and Sara have in common?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Sonia.
(c) Stella.
(d) Susan.

3. What does Sara say about her and Merv when she enters Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They had a terrible fight.
(b) They are totally compatible.
(c) There is no possible future.
(d) They are making plans for the future.

4. What question does Merv pose about his wife's death during Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Was it a sign of God's wrath?
(b) Was it fair?
(c) Was it inevitable?
(d) Was it preventable?

5. Why does Tess want her passport in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) She and Tom are leaving the next day.
(b) She is afraid of identity theft.
(c) She wants to go on a safari.
(d) Pfeni has inspired her to go to India.

6. The morning after their night together, to whom does Merv compare Sara?
(a) His former lover, Sonia.
(b) Jewish women he's seen in photos from pre-war Europe.
(c) His sister.
(d) His late wife.

7. In Act 2, Scene 1, after their night together, who does Sara say would be a better match for Merv?
(a) Gorgeous.
(b) Pfeni.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Sonia.

8. What is the second of Geoffrey's realizations about himself in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) He wants to be a pop singer.
(b) He is ready to move to New York.
(c) He is more interested in men than women.
(d) He is more interested in being celibate than being with Pfeni.

9. What do Tom and Tess say they have to do as they leave Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Plan a candleight vigil.
(b) Deliver costumes to the theatre.
(c) Visit his father.
(d) Go out for pizza as neither one liked the dinner.

10. What do Pfeni and Gorgeous encourage Sara to do in Act 2, Scene 2, as they share a glass of wine?
(a) They encourage her to call Merv.
(b) They encourage her to return to their Jewish roots.
(c) They encourage her to go to a singles' bar.
(d) They encourage her to try to mend her relationship with Tess.

11. Who is first to comfort Pfeni after her break-up in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Gorgeous.
(b) Merv.
(c) Sara.
(d) Tess and Tom.

12. On what pretext does Gorgeous send Geoffrey away when he exits Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) He is needed at the theatre.
(b) She needs him to pick up her medicine from the pharmacy.
(c) He is to deliver a lecture to her tour group.
(d) He needs to finish working on his play.

13. What happened to Gorgeous's shoe as she explains it in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She lost it on the subway.
(b) She threw it at her husband.
(c) She got the heel caught in the escalator.
(d) She lost it after a secret tryst.

14. What is Sara's reaction to Nick's gift at the close of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) She claps her hands with amusement.
(b) She sings a song.
(c) She cries.
(d) She throws it away.

15. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Tess accuse Sara of living without?
(a) A belief in fairy tales and mythology.
(b) A firm grounding in reality.
(c) Sex.
(d) Passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pfeni say abut Goeffrey's potential as a husband during Act 2, Scene 1?

2. When she enters the scene, during Act 2, Scene 2, who does Sara say is outside in a red convertible?

3. What does Sara do when Pfeni takes her hand in Act 2, Scene 1, the morning after the party?

4. In Act 2, Scene 1, the sisters Rosensweig confront each other. What does Gorgeous say both sisters think about Gorgeous?

5. What does Geoffrey say about Sara and her work as they talk during the opening of Act 2, Scene 1?

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