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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. What is the name of Mrs. Antrobus' other son?
(a) Abe.
(b) Abbin.
(c) Abbrel.
(d) Abel.

2. What word does the Fortune Teller use to describe the flooding rain that is in humanity's future?
(a) A deluge.
(b) A sizeable.
(c) A laughable.
(d) A downpour.

3. Where do the Antrobus' live?
(a) New Connecticut.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

4. What reason does Gladys give for wearing makeup?
(a) Because other girls do it.
(b) Because the boys like it.
(c) Because she wants to.
(d) Because it makes her look pretty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sabina implies that Henry hit his older brother with what?

2. Where does Mrs. Antrobus send the children so that she can talk to Mr. Antrobus alone?

3. Mrs. Antrobus orders Henry to cheer up his father by reciting what?

4. After Sabina comes in with the news that Henry has thrown a stone at a neighbor, what appears on Henry's forehead?

5. How long does Mrs. Antrobus say she has been married to Mr. Antrobus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry shouting about, in his sleep, while Mr. Antrobus listens to him?

2. In Mrs. Antrobus' speech to the international society of mammals, what does she list as her more important discoveries?

3. Why does Sabina not want to play out the seduction scene?

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

5. What are the two aspects of life that created harmony and hope for Mr. Antrobus?

6. Sabina breaks character to stop the scene when Henry reaches out to strangle Mr. Antrobus. What does she say?

7. What does Mr. Antrobus tell Mrs. Antrobus his plan is to save them from the cold?

8. When does the true reconciliation for Henry and Mr. Antrobus occur?

9. What request does Sabina make of the audience at the end of Act 1?

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

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