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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gladys returns with Mr. Antrobus' slippers, she begs him to do what?
(a) Praise her just once.
(b) Sing to her just once.
(c) Teach her something just once.
(d) Look at her just once.

2. What word does the Fortune Teller use to describe the flooding rain that is in humanity's future?
(a) A sizeable.
(b) A laughable.
(c) A deluge.
(d) A downpour.

3. Sabina says that a few years ago, everyone got through what event, "by the skin of our teeth"?
(a) The War.
(b) The Depression.
(c) The Ice Age.
(d) The Earthquake.

4. When Mr. Antrobus needs some relaxation he says that a man can only what?
(a) Stand his children only so long.
(b) Stand insanity only so long.
(c) Stand other people only so long.
(d) Stand a family only so long.

5. What does Mrs. Antrobus do when she sees Henry's hair isn't covering his forehead?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Sings.
(c) Panics.
(d) Cries.

6. What was found, according to the announcement, with the inscription "From Eva to Adam"?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A wedding ring.
(d) A locket.

7. Mrs. Antrobus asks Sabina if she milked what?
(a) The cow.
(b) The mammoth.
(c) The dinosaur.
(d) The elephant.

8. Mr. Antrobus brought Sabina home after what?
(a) Arresting her.
(b) Kidnapping her.
(c) Helping her.
(d) Marrying her.

9. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says that she _______ the play.
(a) Loves.
(b) Hates.
(c) Detests.
(d) Resents.

10. What are the occupations of the old women who are refugees?
(a) Artists and poets.
(b) Writers and poets.
(c) Music teachers and artists.
(d) Music teachers and writers.

11. Before the Telegraph Boy can come into the house, Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus do what?
(a) Lock the windows.
(b) Blockade the door.
(c) Grab weapons.
(d) Clean the house.

12. Mr. Antrobus is going to be late for dinner because he is busy developing what?
(a) The wheel.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Multiplication tables.

13. Where is Act 2, Part 1 set?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) The Boardwalk.
(c) New York.
(d) Las Vegas.

14. When Mr. Antrobus introduces the old women refugees, who does he say they are?
(a) Winners.
(b) Muses.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Spirits.

15. What makes the announcement at the beginning of the play?
(a) Theater loudspeaker.
(b) The orchestra director.
(c) An usher.
(d) The stage manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Antrobus debunks the accusations that in the moments before his birth he almost chose to be what?

2. What is the name of Mrs. Antrobus' other son?

3. What is one of Mr. Antrobus' most notable achievements?

4. Who beings passing up things to the stage as Act I ends?

5. What reason does Gladys give for wearing makeup?

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