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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is glowing in the background as Act 3 begins?
(a) Moon.
(b) Stars.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Fire.

2. 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.

3. Mr. Antrobus says that war is a what, compared to the prospect of trying to build a new life with Henry in the middle of it?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Piece of cake.
(c) Walk in the sunshine.
(d) Moment of relaxation.

4. Who, according to Sabina, has won the war?
(a) She doesn't know.
(b) The right side.
(c) She doesn't say.
(d) The wrong side.

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

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

7. As Act 3 begins, where is it set?
(a) In a meadow.
(b) In the ruins of the Antrobus' home.
(c) On a hilltop.
(d) In the ruins of the convention.

8. 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) Hit him.
(d) Strangle him.

9. When Mrs. Antrobus tries to take Gladys back to the hotel, Gladys says that whom is looking for Henry?
(a) The enforcers.
(b) The lawmakers.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The police.

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

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

12. Why does Mrs. Antrobus hand Gladys over to her father and then leave again?
(a) To look for Henry.
(b) To pack their things.
(c) To find food.
(d) To say goodbye to her family.

13. What does the Fortune Teller tell the conventioneers about their future?
(a) That some might get onto the ship.
(b) That a few will survive.
(c) That they are about to die.
(d) That they are all lucky.

14. 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) Fillibuster.
(c) Fillington.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

15. When Gladys runs away from Mr. Antrobus, Sabina tells him not to worry and that it will all be forgotten in how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) A week.
(c) 100 years.
(d) A few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What union does the stagehand threaten to report Sabina to if she doesn't play the scene properly?

2. After the war, what does Sabina say Mr. Antrobus wants to be reunited with?

3. When Mrs. Antrobus and Sabina come back in, Henry says that ________can tell him what to do.

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

5. Fitzpatrick appears and says that several actors have been taken ill with what?

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