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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. About how old is Horace Giddens?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.
2. Where does Leo see a piece on an old violin?
(a) In Horace's bank office.
(b) In Birdie's desk.
(c) In Horace's safety deposit box.
(d) In Alexandra's desk.
3. Who says to Julia, "Oh, some of it's the truth, and some of it isn't"?
(a) Easter.
(b) Whalen.
(c) Wilkie.
(d) Hannah.
4. Who claims to have "always been lucky"?
(a) Horace.
(b) Ben.
(c) Regina.
(d) Alexandra.
5. In Act III of "The Children's Hour," what does Mrs. Tilford come to tell Karen?
(a) That she was wrong.
(b) That she's going away.
(c) That she wants the school to open again.
(d) That she's ready to die.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of the work that Peggy is reading out loud in Act I of "The Children's Hour"?
2. Where did Horace and Alexandra stop over night?
3. What nickname does Alexandra go by with members of her family?
4. How much money was in Firth's savings account until Clyde needed it?
5. Who is killed in Act III of "Days to Come"?
Short Essay Questions
1. "The Children's Hour" was author Lillian Hellman's first play. Who did she dedicate it to?
2. In "The Little Foxes," Birdie cries out at the end of Act I. What reason does she give Alexandra, and what really happened?
3. What is Horace and Regina's relationship like?
4. Who tells Mrs. Tilford that Mary is a strange and bad girl and why?
5. Describe the Rodman living room in "Days to Come."
6. What does the staging information for the beginning of Act III in "Days to Come" reveal?
7. Why does Martha believe that Karen is letting the school "go to hell"?
8. Why does everyone want Horace to come home?
9. What did Lucy observed downtown in the morning in "Days to Come"?
10. What causes Rosalie to become hysterical in Act II of "The Children's Hour"?
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