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

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

3. What do Geoffrey and Pfeni do to entertain everyone at the party in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) They tell a long joke.
(b) They perform a song.
(c) They recite a rhyming poem.
(d) They play charades.

4. How many times has Sara been married?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. When Pfeni tells a story about their childhood in New York, what does Sara feel she is doing?
(a) Romanticizing their younger years.
(b) Justifying her behavior.
(c) Purposely forgetting all about their Jewish traditions.
(d) Telling lies about their younger years just to impress Tess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Gorgeous live?

3. What does Gorgeous say about Sara after their exchange about the ceremony?

4. What does Sara say men usually feel about her?

5. What is Nick's reaction to the global situation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sara appear to deal with her feelings?

3. What does Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about Sara's attitudes toward marriage and how is this revealed?

4. How could the character of Gorgeous be described?

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

6. In Act 1, Scene 2, what are the preparations for the Sabbath?

7. How does Merv appear to feel about his Jewishness?

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

9. What does Gorgeous appear to be interested in?

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

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