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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who suggests that the group go to dinner?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) Mel.
(d) Nick.
2. Who notes that the characters "are all from someplace else"?
(a) Mel.
(b) Laura.
(c) Terri.
(d) Nick.
3. What is the beverage of choice throughout the duration of the conversation?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rum and Coke.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Gin and tonic.
4. What reason does Mel give for drinking?
(a) Everyone else is drinking just as much as he.
(b) He thinks it will cure his cold.
(c) He does not have to go to the restaurant.
(d) He does not have to go to the hospital.
5. What does Mel suggest after the story is interrupted?
(a) That everyone have a drink and go to dinner.
(b) That everyone go home to bed.
(c) That they stop drinking for awhile.
(d) That everyone pitch in to help cook dinner.
6. Who wants to know what the characters are going to do after the glass is spilled?
(a) Mel.
(b) Terri.
(c) Nick.
(d) Laura.
7. What is Mel's ex-wife's name?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Anna.
8. What does Nick do as a sign of romantic love?
(a) Gives his wife a rose.
(b) Writes a love song.
(c) Kisses his wife's hand.
(d) Recites poetry.
9. Which character claims that no one really knows about love, because "everyone is really just a beginner"?
(a) Laura.
(b) Ed.
(c) Mel.
(d) Nick.
10. Who threatens to kill Mel?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Nick.
(c) Ed.
(d) Terri.
11. Who brings up the topic of "spiritual love"?
(a) Laura.
(b) Nick.
(c) Mel.
(d) Terri.
12. Who does Mel wish to talk with on the phone?
(a) His parents.
(b) His children.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) No one.
13. How does Terri's ex-boyfriend eventually kill himself?
(a) He shoots himself in the head.
(b) He runs his car over a bridge.
(c) He stabs himself in Mel's kitchen.
(d) He stops eating.
14. What reason does the character give for asking for something to eat before dinner?
(a) She/he is getting bored.
(b) She/he is drunk and needs to sober up.
(c) She/he wants to give the hostess something to do.
(d) She/he is very hungry.
15. Who says they know what love really is and has an example to share?
(a) Ed.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Nick.
(d) Mel.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who shakes the empty beverage container at Mel?
2. Who bumps Nick's knee under the table?
3. What does Nick notice after the story is over?
4. How does the old couple appear in the hospital?
5. Which of the characters is clearly an alcoholic?
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