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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Henry is sleeping and shouting, what does Mr. Antrobus take out?
(a) A knife.
(b) A lance.
(c) A syringe.
(d) A gun.

2. Mr. Antrobus, upon hearing that Henry promises to go away, does what?
(a) Wishes him good luck.
(b) Gives him supplies.
(c) Gives him money.
(d) Asks him to stay.

3. Henry says that when the play is performed the next night, the scene will proceed how?
(a) As normal.
(b) With more feeling.
(c) As it used to be.
(d) In a better fashion.

4. When Sabina tells Henry that his mother and sister love him, what does Henry say?
(a) That he doesn't care.
(b) That he just wants to go home.
(c) That he doesn't want to be loved.
(d) That he loves them too.

5. Sabina shouts that Mr. Antrobus is still inventing what?
(a) Machines.
(b) Concepts.
(c) Things.
(d) Ideas.

6. Who breaks character and tells everyone to stop the scene, reminding the actors about what happened the previous night?
(a) The Muses.
(b) Mrs. Antrobus.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Sabina.

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

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

9. Mr. Antrobus says that working so hard has caused him to cease what?
(a) To live.
(b) To invent.
(c) To love.
(d) To understand.

10. When Mrs. Antrobus takes one last look at Henry, who is thrashing in his sleep, where does she go?
(a) The back yard.
(b) The front yard.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Upstairs.

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

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

13. Who tells Gladys and Mrs. Antrobus that the war is over?
(a) A passerby.
(b) Henry.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Mr. Antrobus.

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

15. What is the name of the stagehand who insists that Sabina play the scene properly, even though she doesn't want to?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Fillington.
(c) Fillibuster.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry does not want to live the _____, quiet life that he thinks Mr. Antrobus wants him to live.

2. When the Fortune Teller looks over the water at the Antrobus' and their ship, she says what?

3. How does Henry describe his childhood?

4. Henry vows to be free even if he has to do what?

5. Who tells Mr. Antrobus to take himself and his family onto the boat?

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