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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. The story of Mr. Antrobus leading a handful to survive in the face of the rain's destruction alludes to what story in the Bible?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Sodom and Gomorrah.

2. While Mr. Antrobus drills Henry in the times tables, what does he order Mrs. Antrobus to teach Gladys?
(a) The first verses of the Bible.
(b) The first verses of "Amazing Grace."
(c) The first verses of the Illiad.
(d) The first verses of some poetry.

3. Mr. Antrobus debunks the accusations that in the moments before his birth he almost chose to be what?
(a) A bee.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A dog.

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

5. During the Fortune Teller's speech she heckles the audience about letting what slip away from them?
(a) The main point.
(b) Their role.
(c) The past.
(d) Their virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sabina retracts her resignation because she loves the ________ of life with the Antrobuses.

2. Where is Act 2, Part 1 set?

3. Mrs. Antrobus urges her fellow human beings to live by what slogan?

4. What month is it at the beginning of the play?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Antrobus want his books?

3. Why does Mr. Antrobus yell for the fires to be put out?

4. Mr. Antrobus tells Henry that war is a pleasure compared to what?

5. What is Mrs. Antrobus' reaction when Mr. Antrobus tells her that he is leaving her?

6. What does Mr. Antrobus do when he comes home from his day at work?

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

8. Why does Gladys hold her baby to the sky?

9. What do the lines of the philosophers, played by the stand-ins, concern?

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

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