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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonard want Virginia to do?
(a) To make boeuf en daube.
(b) To do as she pleases.
(c) To come to bed by 11.
(d) To come to bed at once.

2. What is Louis' profession?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a drama teacher.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a travel agent.

3. What has made Richard feel wonderful?
(a) The combination of drugs he has taken.
(b) The decision that he has made.
(c) The colors on his robe.
(d) The lovely day outside his gloomy apartment.

4. How does Virginia describe Vanessa's hand?
(a) Moist and fat.
(b) Elegant and graceful.
(c) Skinny.
(d) Plump.

5. What is little Richie's response to his mother's return?
(a) He is overwhelmed with love and relief.
(b) He's annoyed because he's been having a fine time playing and wanted this to continue.
(c) He tells her to come back later when he has finished his game.
(d) He is frightened.

6. What does Clarissa imagine her roses appear to be, according to Mary's view of the world?
(a) Symbolic of transience.
(b) Things of beauty and substance.
(c) Symbolic of oppression.
(d) Unnecessary and expensive.

7. What is implied about Richmond station's yellow wooden benches?
(a) They are attractive.
(b) They are hard.
(c) They are comfortable.
(d) They are necessary and appreciated by travelers.

8. At what time of day does Virginia set off for a walk?
(a) Dusk--early evening.
(b) About half an hour before sunset.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) Mid-day.

9. Who does Laura desire?
(a) Both Kitty and Dan.
(b) Kitty and Clarissa.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Dan.

10. What surprises Sally about Oliver?
(a) That he is so short.
(b) He is not much different from his movie persona.
(c) That he is ordinary and ill-tempered.
(d) That he is gay.

11. What is the devil Virginia refers to?
(a) Her writer's block.
(b) Her madness.
(c) Nelly.
(d) The man with the satchell.

12. In what way does Oliver intend this film to be different?
(a) The hero will be an alien.
(b) The hero will be an uncomplicated gay man.
(c) The hero will be a tortured gay man with HIV.
(d) The hero will die in the end.

13. What genre of screenplay are they discussing?
(a) Drama.
(b) Film noir.
(c) Thriller.
(d) Musical.

14. What makes Virginia shudder?
(a) Boiled beef.
(b) The song of the dying thrush.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) The strong east wind.

15. What can Laura see out of the hotel window?
(a) A row of shops and a fountain.
(b) A statue of Christ.
(c) A V-shaped plaza with a fountain.
(d) Cars on a freeway.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Clarissa, what does Mary resemble?

2. Why can't Laura take the sleeping pills?

3. What makes Virginia think of millinery?

4. What gives Mrs. Latch's garage the look of a miniature house?

5. How many times has Laura tried to get the cake right?

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