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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to John, what is someone hurting your feelings the square root of?
(a) Love
(b) Sin
(c) Death
(d) Anger

2. What does Mollie tell Philip she intends to do that will affect her relationship with him?
(a) Leave with John
(b) Marry John
(c) Leave with Philip
(d) Marry Philip

3. What does Philip swear is the only thing that will satisfy him and cause him to regain his mental health?
(a) A life with Mollie
(b) A long talk with Mollie
(c) A child with Mollie
(d) To get rid of John

4. Who is Mollie comforting at the beginning of the play?
(a) Sister
(b) Philip
(c) John
(d) Paris

5. What type of writing has Philip published?
(a) A newpaper article
(b) A short story
(c) A magazine article
(d) A book

6. According to John, what is humiliation the same as?
(a) Hatred
(b) Theft
(c) Evil
(d) Murder

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

8. What does Mother Lovejoy notice has changed in Mollie now that Philip has returned?
(a) She has become more graceful
(b) She has lost weight
(c) She has been smiling
(d) She has a certain glow

9. Who does Philip primarily blame for his emotional angst?
(a) Paris
(b) Sister
(c) His mother
(d) Mollie

10. Where is Philip watching Mollie from on the night of his arrival?
(a) The doorway
(b) The window
(c) From behind the trees
(d) The porch

11. In the past, what did those who loved Philip tend to do immediately following an outburst of violence or anger?
(a) Ignore him
(b) Isolate him
(c) Punish him
(d) Forgive him

12. What does Philip want more than anything else after he returns from the sanatorium?
(a) To re-marry Mollie
(b) To further develop the farm
(c) To have more children
(d) To feel and live again

13. What happens when Philip grabs Mollie in a fit of anger?
(a) He tears her dress
(b) Mollie screams
(c) John enters the scene
(d) Mollie falls down

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

15. What kind of family did Philip originally come from?
(a) An abusive family
(b) A middle class family
(c) A poor family
(d) A prominent family

Short Answer Questions

1. After John's proposal to Mollie, which character enters the home?

2. What does Philip have the most difficult time controlling about himself?

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

4. What quality does Mollie possess that Sister does not and is the reason why Sister remains single?

5. Who does the character of John believe needs to be saved the most in this situation?

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