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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vincent Jones treat Rose?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He greets Rose and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He greets Rose and begins to harass her, moving his hands over her body.

2. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?
(a) She makes an offensive comment about Jews to Kaplan.
(b) She yells at the neighbors on the stoop.
(c) She makes Mrs. Hildebrand assign an agreement.
(d) She glares at all of the tenants.

3. How does the scene end?
(a) With Sam sitting alone with his head in his hands.
(b) Rose is sitting alone with her head in her hands.
(c) Both Sam and Rose go into their respective apartments.
(d) Sam is sitting on the steps, smiling.

4. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?
(a) Everyone should be able to live in peace and accept each other's differences.
(b) Everyone should research the best options for improving the economy, rather than arguing over what they do not understand.
(c) Everyone should find a job and quit complaining.
(d) Everyone should try to make the best of their lives.

5. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?
(a) Her father will be upset to see them together.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) Or the whole building will be gossiping about her.
(d) It is getting late.

6. How does Mr. Sankey look?
(a) Nervous and shy.
(b) Cheap, dressed in a low quality suit.
(c) Dirty and ragged.
(d) Wealthy and expensively dressed.

7. What is Mr. Filippo Fiorentino carrying as he enters the scene?
(a) Sheet music and a fiddle.
(b) A violin case and sheet music.
(c) His violin and five ice cream cones.
(d) Ice cream cones and a newspaper.

8. What is one reason why Mr. Maurrant does not like foreigners?
(a) They do not speak English.
(b) They come to America, trying to change things.
(c) They are rude.
(d) They smell funny.

9. What does a sign on the set say about Prof. Filippo Fiorentino?
(a) He is a law professor at Yale.
(b) He is a biology professor at Princeton.
(c) He is a musician and teaches lessons.
(d) He is a music professor at NYU.

10. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?
(a) She does not feel right about what he is asking of her.
(b) Deep down she likes him but knows he is married.
(c) He is creepy and unreliable.
(d) He is a kind man who can give her what she needs.

11. What happens between Vincent and Sam?
(a) They get into a physical altercation.
(b) They glare at one another.
(c) They get into an argument.
(d) They have a heated debate.

12. What do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?
(a) Why he seems to like Rose.
(b) Why he is not married.
(c) What is wrong with the young man.
(d) If he is available.

13. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?
(a) The women on the stoop.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her elderly mother whom she takes care of.
(d) Herself.

14. What does Rose's father ask about Mr. Easter?
(a) If he is interested in seeing Rose.
(b) If he is having problems with Rose at work.
(c) If he has enough money to support Rose.
(d) If there was something more, perhaps a physical relationship between her and her boss.

15. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?
(a) His wife is in labor.
(b) He forgot to buy groceries.
(c) The building is on fire.
(d) He is chasing after his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lighting on the stage?

2. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?

3. What is Sam Kaplan's opinion of the concert he had just seen?

4. Why does Willie ask his mother for a dime?

5. What does Mr. Maurrant do when Willie appears, crying?

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