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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumbles distantly as Mrs. Antrobus appears in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) The earth.
(b) The sea.
(c) The wind.
(d) Thunder.

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

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

4. After vowing to be free with his mother and Sabina present, what does Henry try to do to Mr. Antrobus?
(a) Tackle him.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Strangle him.
(d) Hit him.

5. Henry says that he has no family and doesn't want what?
(a) Pity.
(b) A home.
(c) A family.
(d) Peace of mind.

6. When Henry wakes up and confronts his father, what does he challenge Mr. Antrobus to do?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Apologize to him.
(c) Murder him.
(d) Disown him.

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

8. Who urges Sabina to seduce Mr. Antrobus?
(a) The Fortune Teller.
(b) Henry.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Her spirit.

9. Who embodies the human capacity for compassion?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Sabina.
(c) Mr. Antrobus.
(d) Henry.

10. Mrs. Antrobus says that she married Mr. Antrobus for what reason?
(a) A promise.
(b) The children.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

11. Henry says that his childhood led him to feel like he was being deprived of what?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Difficulties.
(c) Trials.
(d) Life.

12. When the substitutes are ready, what does Sabina do?
(a) Restart at Act 2.
(b) Continue from where she left off.
(c) Pick up at a point in the future.
(d) Start the Act over again.

13. Fitzpatrick appears and says that several actors have been taken ill with what?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) The swine flu.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) The flu.

14. Sabina tells Henry that his father is determined to do what to her?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Imprison her.
(c) Seduce her.
(d) Kidnap her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Antrobus allow Gladys to keep her stockings?

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

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

4. As Henry goes out in Act 3, Part 2, who does he apologize to?

5. When Gladys runs away from Mr. Antrobus, Sabina tells him not to worry and that it will all be forgotten in how long?

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