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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is aghast that John could love Mollie after such a short time?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) Sister
(c) Philip
(d) Paris

2. What did Mollie and Philip do the day they met?
(a) Talked all night
(b) Made love
(c) Met Mollie's parents
(d) Danced all night

3. What are the rumors in town regarding Philip?
(a) His wife is having an affair
(b) He is in a crazy emotional state
(c) He will return to the sanatorium
(d) He is violent and abusive

4. What gift does Philip give Paris for his forgotten birthday?
(a) A hand carved toy box
(b) A hand carved chest
(c) A hand carved chess set
(d) A hand carved statue

5. What quality does John have that Philip does not that keeps John on a steady path?
(a) Mental strength
(b) Physical strength
(c) Emotional strength
(d) Strength of heart

6. Who is Sister?
(a) Mother Lovejoy's sister
(b) John's niece
(c) Mollie's sister
(d) Philip's sister

7. What does Paris carry in his arms when he returns from the barn?
(a) The town newspaper
(b) Blueprints of a John's house
(c) A stack of hay
(d) Logs for the fire

8. What quality does Philip display as equally as his madness?
(a) His kindness
(b) His genius
(c) His sensitivity
(d) His compassion

9. What event does the dream that Paris has in the beginning of the play foreshadow?
(a) His father's lack of commitment
(b) His father's return
(c) His father's love
(d) His father's violence

10. What does John think Philip has done to Mollie to keep her in love with him?
(a) Threatened her with violence
(b) Scared her
(c) Paid her
(d) Cast a spell on her

11. What is the main way the character of Sister is different from the character of Philip?
(a) She is abusive
(b) She is smart
(c) She is gentle
(d) She is quiet

12. What needs to be reconciled in order for John and Mollie to begin building a new life for the two of them?
(a) Philip's control over Mollie
(b) Philip's madness
(c) Philip's emotional debris
(d) Philip's lack of understanding

13. At the dinner table, what does Philip dissuade John from doing?
(a) Building his house
(b) Making advances towards Mollie
(c) Staying on the property as a tenant
(d) Trying to make friends with him

14. What does Paris confide in John that he has not confided in his father?
(a) his anger towards his father
(b) His resentment of his father
(c) His sadness
(d) The insecurities of adolescence

15. What does Philip want to accomplish now that he has been released from the sanatorium?
(a) Become a doctor
(b) Become an actor
(c) Write another novel
(d) Take a job in town

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's profession?

2. What is the name of Mollie's ex-husband?

3. What does Philip's mother do after Philip lashes out in anger towards her because of the state of his life?

4. What is the name of the new man in Mollie's life?

5. What does John consider a betrayal?

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