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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 does the statue of Shiva represent?
(a) Shiva is a muse.
(b) Shiva is the goddess of love.
(c) Shiva is the goddess of death.
(d) Shiva is the goddess of destruction and renewal.

2. What is Geoffrey's profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He sells faux furs.
(c) He is a costume designer.
(d) He is a theater director.

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

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

5. What does Gorgeous say about her current situation in London?
(a) It is very educational.
(b) It is very tiring.
(c) It is very lonely.
(d) It is very exhilierating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sara reject the statuette?

2. Why doesn't Tess take the statue of Shiva?

3. What do Sara and Nick discuss during the party debate in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What does Gorgeous do for a living?

5. Whose birthday is to be celebrated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Concert of Europe?

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

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

4. What is represented by Pfeni's traveling with shopping bags and how is this indicated in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

6. Sara says Pfeni sounds very "New York." What does she mean by that?

7. What are Sara's relationships like as seen in Act 1, Scene 1?

8. What do we learn about the time setting of this play in Act 1, Sceen 3, and what indicates that?

9. Describe the relationship between Geoffrey and Pfeni.

10. What might be inferred about the play or the people in it from the performance from The Scarlet Pimpernel?

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