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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What classical Greek figure is in the joke Peter tells Geof?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Iphegenia.

2. What are some of the names Peter calls Geof?
(a) Poor, thin, and dirty.
(b) Jezebel, Mary, and Cuddles.
(c) Sam, Harry, and George.
(d) Silly, dumb, and ugly.

3. What political party does Jo tell Helen she and Geof are affiliated with?
(a) A monarchy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

4. What ancestry does Jo claim?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Irish.

5. Who is planning to make the baby a cradle?
(a) The landlady.
(b) Geof.
(c) Jo.
(d) Helen.

6. How does Jo pay for her apartment?
(a) She works for a lawyer as an apprentice.
(b) She has married a man with money.
(c) She works all day in a shoe shop and all night in a bar.
(d) She gets the money from Helen.

7. What does Geof, in his parting words, say is the one thing civilization can't do anything about?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Babies.
(c) Women.
(d) Weather.

8. Why does Geof leave when Helen arrives?
(a) He has been planning to leave Jo and this is his opportunity.
(b) She asks him to leave, and he needs to pick up supplies for the weekend.
(c) He despises Helen and cannot stand to be in the same room as her.
(d) He is ill and must go to the doctor.

9. What has Jo told Geof about having a woman in the room when she has the baby?
(a) Jo told Geof she does not want a woman in the room.
(b) Jo told Geof she wants no one in the room, including women.
(c) Jo told Geof she only wants one woman in the room: Helen.
(d) Jo told Geof she wants to be surrounded by women.

10. Has Jo reconciled herself to being a mother?
(a) Yes, she is very excited.
(b) No, she is giving the baby up for adoption.
(c) No, she still hates the idea.
(d) Yes, and Helen is ready to be a grandmother.

11. What does Peter ask for immediately upon entering the apartment?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

12. What kind of person does Jo think Geof is like?
(a) A little boy.
(b) A poor gypsy.
(c) A rich businessman.
(d) An old woman.

13. What does Jo promise to buy Geof for Christmas?
(a) She promises to buy him a car.
(b) She promises to buy him a dog.
(c) She promises to buy him dinner.
(d) She promises to buy him a bed.

14. What is Geof cooking?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A pot roast.
(c) A cake.
(d) A suckling pig.

15. Why does Jo let Geof stay with her?
(a) She is deeply in debt, and needs the money he can pay in rent.
(b) She is deeply in love with him, and hopes he will marry her.
(c) She wants him to teach her to draw.
(d) She claims she is sick of love, and knows he will not start anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jo used to smoke?

2. When Geof returns, what medicine does Jo ask him to give her?

3. What does Jo threaten to do if Helen doesn't leave?

4. For the first time in her life, how does Jo feel?

5. How does Jo feel about the creation of life?

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