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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 name does Merv call Sara by when they are left alone during Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Gorgeous.
(b) Smiling Sara.
(c) Angel.
(d) Sadie.

2. When the sisters Rosensweig open the wine, what do they toast to?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Israel.
(c) New beginnings.
(d) Sisterhood.

3. What is the subtext or implied by Geoffrey's comment about his friends' lives in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The Civil Rights Act.
(b) The AIDS crisis.
(c) Existential philosophy.
(d) Freedom of religion.

4. 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?
(a) Break up.
(b) Settle down.
(c) Have a baby.
(d) Write a hit play.

5. What compliment does Geoffrey pay to Pfeni during their conversation at the start of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She is intelligent.
(b) She is capable of being alone.
(c) She knows who she is.
(d) She is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merv say about his feelings for his late wife during Act 1, Scene 4?

2. On what pretext does Gorgeous send Geoffrey away when he exits Act 2, Scene 1?

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

4. What does Geoffrey say about so many of his friends as he speaks to Pfeni at the opening of Act 2, Scene 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What might the tea kettle Nick gifts to Sara represent?

3. Why might Sara refuse to sing for Merv?

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

5. What is represented by the Yiddish recording Sara plays?

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

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

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

9. How does Merv compare Sara to pre-war Jewish women?

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

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