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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) Iphegenia.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Zeus.

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

3. What was Jo's boyfriend's name?
(a) Sam.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Prince Richard.
(d) Jimmie.

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

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

6. When is Jo's baby due?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) January.

7. Who does Helen ask for advice right before she leaves?
(a) Jo.
(b) The audience.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Geof.

8. In the stage directions, what denotes the changing of time?
(a) The narrator tells the audience that two months have passed.
(b) Jo pulls the curtain, then when it opens, everything is different.
(c) Geof and Jo dance on and off stage with different props.
(d) Helen reenters and looks at her watch.

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

10. What job has Geof gotten for Jo?
(a) She teaches calculus.
(b) She serves drinks at a bar.
(c) She retouches photographs.
(d) She cleans houses.

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

12. Before he leaves, what is the one thing Geof asks of Helen?
(a) He asks her never to speak to him again.
(b) He asks her to kill Peter.
(c) He asks her not to frighten Jo.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

13. Why does Jo think the landlady has kicked him out?
(a) She thinks he has been kicked out because he broke a window.
(b) She thinks he has been kicked out because he has wild parties.
(c) She thinks he has been kicked out because he never pays rent.
(d) She thinks he has been kicked him out because he is a homosexual.

14. What does Helen plan on sending Jo every week from now on?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Candy.
(c) Money.
(d) Drawing paper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the baby physically do to Jo?

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

3. Why does Jo think Helen has returned?

4. Why does Peter keep singing?

5. What major piece of information about the baby does Jo finally share with Helen?

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