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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says that she _______ the play.
(a) Hates.
(b) Detests.
(c) Loves.
(d) Resents.

2. Mr. Antrobus is introduced, during the slide show, as the inventor of what?
(a) The stove.
(b) The car.
(c) The house.
(d) The wheel.

3. What role does Sabina play in the Antrobus household?
(a) Maid.
(b) Cook.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Nanny.

4. What food does Sabina make to feed the refugees?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Hot dogs.

5. While Homer sings a ballad, Moses recited from the Bible in what language?
(a) Ancient Latin.
(b) Ancient Greek.
(c) Ancient Arameic.
(d) Ancient Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people speak during a monologue?

2. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says the reason that she took the part of Sabina was because she hadn't what?

3. When Sabina speaks in an aside, what does she say the play is about?

4. Sabina won a beauty contest judged by whom?

5. Mrs. Antrobus lists, among her discoveries, that what is edible?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus are blockading the door, what are the dinosaur and mammoth doing?

2. When Gladys and Mrs. Antrobus emerge from the trap door, what does Mrs. Antrobus comment on as being different?

3. Describe the refugee named Homer.

4. Why does Sabina not want to go borrow some fire?

5. What are the clear parallels between the story the Fortune Tellers tells and the Biblical story of Noah's Ark?

6. Why do Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus blockade the door?

7. What announcement does the play begin with?

8. What is the emptiness that Mr. Antrobus admits to?

9. What does Mr. Antrobus celebrate in his speech to the international society of mammals?

10. Describe the set in the beginning of Act 3.

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