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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kinds of fortunes does the Fortune Teller shout, apparently at random?
(a) Sad fortunes.
(b) Happy fortunes.
(c) Prosperous fortunes.
(d) Gloomy fortunes.

3. What is moving into America at the beginning of the play?
(a) A desert.
(b) A lot of sand.
(c) A tidal wave.
(d) A wall of ice.

4. When Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus argue at the beginning of the play, what sticks its head through the window and complains about the cold?
(a) The mammoth.
(b) The horse.
(c) The dog.
(d) The dinosaur.

5. Mr. Antrobus, when he is elected president of the international society of mammals, gives a speech celebrating the extinction of what?
(a) The whale.
(b) The mammoth.
(c) The dinosaur.
(d) The dog.

6. The story of Mr. Antrobus leading a handful to survive in the face of the rain's destruction alludes to what story in the Bible?
(a) Sodom and Gomorrah.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) Cain and Abel.

7. What occupation does Mr. Antrobus give to Judge Moses?
(a) Lawmaker.
(b) Law breaker.
(c) Law historian.
(d) Law writer.

8. Sabina won a beauty contest judged by whom?
(a) Judge Moses.
(b) Mr. Antrobus.
(c) The society.
(d) Homer.

9. Sabina asks the Fortune Teller if whom has come?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Mr. Antrobus.
(c) Mrs. Antrobus.
(d) Henry.

10. Who does Mrs. Antrobus send to fetch Mr. Antrobus' slippers after he orders the fires put out?
(a) Fuscia.
(b) Summer.
(c) Tannya.
(d) Gladys.

11. What is the name of Mrs. Antrobus' other son?
(a) Abel.
(b) Abbrel.
(c) Abbin.
(d) Abe.

12. Why does Mr. Antrobus say it will be good to have a doctor around?
(a) Because their children are sick.
(b) Because their whole family is ill.
(c) Because so many of their children had died.
(d) Because a doctor is always a good person to have.

13. A society proclaiming the end of the world postponed it because they saw what?
(a) The light.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) The theater.
(d) The clouds.

14. From what building does the sound of bingo numbers being called emerge?
(a) A bingo hall.
(b) A church building.
(c) A sports bar.
(d) A casino.

15. Who beings passing up things to the stage as Act I ends?
(a) Theater ushers.
(b) Theater stagehands.
(c) Theater designers.
(d) Theater security.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Antrobus smack Henry when he shows him the new invention?

3. When Mr. Antrobus needs some relaxation he says that a man can only what?

4. What does Mrs. Antrobus quote while Henry quotes the multiplication tables?

5. What makes the announcement at the beginning of the play?

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