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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 Sara's self-assessment on the morning after her night with Merv?
(a) She says she is cold and bitter.
(b) She says she is smart and remote.
(c) She says she is warm and energetic.
(d) She says she is a yenta.

2. What does Merv say about the circumstances of his wife's death?
(a) Merv says both he and his wife were in total denial about it up until the very end.
(b) Merv says it was a brutal, drawn-out death over many years.
(c) Merv says it occurred as she was coming into her own as a person.
(d) Merv says it occurred just as they were going to depart on an around-the-world trip.

3. After the confrontations in Act 2, Scene 1, which sister of the Sisters Rosensweig seems to be the most honest about their lives?
(a) Pfeni.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Gorgeous.
(d) Sara.

4. What does Gorgeous say she is going to have soon when she leaves Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) An expensive piece of jewelry.
(b) A ticket back home.
(c) A real fancy pair of shoes.
(d) A television job.

5. 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 throws it away.
(c) She sings a song.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Merv pose about his wife's death during Act 1, Scene 4?

2. What does Sara say about her and Merv when she enters Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What does Sara say she wants to do with Geoffrey as the two of them discuss their relationship at the opening of Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Why does Geoffrey say he prefers pop music to Shakespeare during the opening of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What happened to Gorgeous's shoe as she explains it in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the two epiphanies Geoffrey has at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2 regarding Pfeni.

2. How is Sara closer to her true self after Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What is implied by Geoffrey in his scene with Pfeni when he talks of friends dying unfulfilled?

4. Describe Geoffrey's beliefs about his and Pfeni's work as artists.

5. What is Sara's response to Merv's compliments in Act 2, Scene 1?

6. Describe the mood as Act 1, Scene 4 opens.

7. Describe Pfeni and Geoffrey's relationship in Act 2, Scene 1.

8. What truth does Gorgeous speak to Pfeni about Geoffrey?

9. What secrets that Gorgeous has been hiding are revealed in Act 2, Scene 2?

10. How does the unseen character of Sonia fit into Act 1, Scene 4?

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