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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Henry off the stage in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Mrs. Antrobus.
(b) Gladys.
(c) No one.
(d) Sabina.

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

3. How does Sabina describe people without deep feelings?
(a) People of shallowness.
(b) People of straw.
(c) People of toothpicks.
(d) People of mirrors.

4. 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.

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

6. Henry does not want to live the _____, quiet life that he thinks Mr. Antrobus wants him to live.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Serious.
(c) Polite.
(d) Thoughtful.

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

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

9. What union does the stagehand threaten to report Sabina to if she doesn't play the scene properly?
(a) Stageworkers' Union.
(b) Employment Union.
(c) Actors' Union.
(d) Entertainment Union.

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

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

12. Henry vows to be free even if he has to do what?
(a) Die to do it.
(b) Kill everyone to do it.
(c) Leave everyone to do it.
(d) Disappear to do it.

13. What happens to Henry in the middle of his arguments against his having any home?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He faints.
(c) He starts to cough.
(d) He dies.

14. Fitzpatrick says that the stand-ins are going to portray the hours of the night as portrayed by whom?
(a) Artists.
(b) Poets.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Philosophers.

15. 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) Walking onto the stage from backstage.
(c) From a trapdoor in the floor.
(d) Descending from above.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mrs. Antrobus throw into the ocean?

4. Who tells Gladys and Mrs. Antrobus that the war is over?

5. Mrs. Antrobus says that she married Mr. Antrobus for what reason?

(see the answer keys)

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