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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Henry goes out in Act 3, Part 2, who does he apologize to?
(a) Mr. Antrobus.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Mrs. Antrobus.

2. Mr. Antrobus says Henry has to behave himself when who returns?
(a) Sabina.
(b) His mother.
(c) Gladys.
(d) The police.

3. Sabina says that Mr. Antrobus is determined to end what, after the war?
(a) Poverty and war.
(b) Laziness and idiocy.
(c) Stupidity and corrpution.
(d) Illness and suffering.

4. When the Fortune Teller looks over the water at the Antrobus' and their ship, she says what?
(a) Think it over! Survival of the best!
(b) Think it over! New laws to abide by.
(c) Think it over! Good over evil!
(d) Think it over! A new world to make!

5. When Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina come back in, Henry says that ________can tell him what to do.
(a) His father.
(b) God.
(c) No one.
(d) His mother.

6. The stage directions for Act 3, Part 2 describe Henry as being a representation of what?
(a) Unreconciled idiotic evil.
(b) Strong unreconciled evil.
(c) Strong spiteful evil.
(d) Spiteful evil.

7. What does Henry do to the books on the stage?
(a) Punch them.
(b) Light them on fire.
(c) Pour water on them.
(d) Kick them.

8. Why does Mrs. Antrobus allow Gladys to keep her stockings?
(a) Because Sabina likes the color.
(b) Because Henry likes the color.
(c) Because Mr. Antrobus likes the color.
(d) Because she likes the color.

9. When Mrs. Antrobus and Gladys appear to greet Henry, what are they wearing?
(a) Their costumes from Act 1.
(b) The robes of some priesthood.
(c) New costumes for Act 3.
(d) Their costumes from Act 2.

10. How do Mrs. Antrobus and Gladys appear on the stage in the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Walking onto the stage from the audience.
(b) Descending from above.
(c) From a trapdoor in the floor.
(d) Walking onto the stage from backstage.

11. Who does Mr. Antrobus accuse of giving Gladys the stockings?
(a) A whale.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Mrs. Antrobus.
(d) The Fortune Teller.

12. Who does Sabina describe as the enemy in Act 3?
(a) Animals.
(b) Henry.
(c) Cain.
(d) Mr. Antrobus.

13. When Sabina comments about how they are always starting over, and why should they bother, what does Mrs. Antrobus say?
(a) Too many people have hope to give up.
(b) Too many people have fought and died to give up.
(c) Too many people are working too hard to give up.
(d) Too many people care about others to give up.

14. When Sabina begs to be allowed onto the ship, who says she can come on board?
(a) Mrs. Antrobus.
(b) The Fortune Teller.
(c) Mr. Antrobus.
(d) Gladys.

15. What has happened to Gladys from the end of Act 2 to the beginning of Act 3?
(a) She has had a baby.
(b) She has become an inventor.
(c) She has become unable to walk.
(d) She has been wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry says that when the play is performed the next night, the scene will proceed how?

2. Who embodies the human capacity for compassion?

3. When Sabina tells Henry that his mother and sister love him, what does Henry say?

4. Mr. Antrobus says that working so hard has caused him to cease what?

5. What is the name of the stagehand who insists that Sabina play the scene properly, even though she doesn't want to?

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