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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. What is Gorgeous doing in London?
(a) She is visting a famous Jewish synogogue.
(b) She never says.
(c) She is seeing several plays in London's West End theater district.
(d) She is leading a bus tour.

2. What does Gorgeous say about their father?
(a) He was a womanizer.
(b) He taught her everything she knows.
(c) He never taught her about money.
(d) He never had a kind word for his daughters.

3. What does Sara tell Pfeni to do after the ceremony and exchange with Gorgeous?
(a) She says Pfeni should blow out the candles.
(b) She says Pfeni should leave.
(c) She says Pfeni always starts conflict.
(d) She says Pfeni should say her prayers as well.

4. Whose side does Merv take in the debate that is occurring at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He does not appear to have an opinion.
(b) Sara's side.
(c) Tom and Tess's side.
(d) Nick's side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pfeni tells a story about their childhood in New York, what does Sara feel she is doing?

2. What does Pfeni tell Gregory about Sara's opinion of their relationship?

3. What cause do Tom and Tess support?

4. Why does Sara object to Tom's and Tess's relationship?

5. What does Sara think of Tess's project?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated about Tess's political views in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How does Sara appear to feel about her past?

3. What are some of the things learned about Sara's surgery and her feelings about it?

4. What is Sara's opinion of Geoffrey and Pfeni's relationship, and how is this revealed?

5. Why might Tess being doing her school project at the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?

6. What is the Concert of Europe?

7. What is the basis for the political arguments in Act 1, Scene 3?

8. How does Sara feel about Tess's school project?

9. How does Sara act toward Merv in Act 1, Scene 2?

10. What can be discerned about the sisters' father?

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