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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Ill referring to when she says in Act 3, "They're in fashion today"?
(a) Large hair.
(b) High heels.
(c) High collars.
(d) Large breasts.

2. What does the Schoolmaster claim is the root of much evil in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Greed.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

3. In the postscript, how does the author say he considers himself in comparison to the characters of the play?
(a) Removed from.
(b) Owning of.
(c) Filled with judgment.
(d) At no great remove.

4. Who does not raise a hand in the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The Schoolmaster.
(b) Ill.
(c) Claire.
(d) Ill's wife.

5. Where was the Doctor offered a job in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Kalberstadt College.
(b) Erlangen University.
(c) Kaffigen College.
(d) Stockholm College.

6. Who speaks up with questions when Ill takes the stage at the town meeting in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) No one.
(b) The Schoolmaster.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Priest.

7. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is moved by in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Greed.
(c) Money.
(d) Justice.

8. What kind of car does Hoby have?
(a) A Porsche.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Cadillac.

9. What does Claire say her marriage to Hoby was?
(a) Her longest.
(b) Her shortest.
(c) Her second-shortest.
(d) Her second-longest.

10. The author writes in the postscript that Ill's family is not wicked, only what?
(a) Just.
(b) Poverty-stricken.
(c) Weak.
(d) Greedy.

11. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript?
(a) Ideas and feelings.
(b) Mannerisms.
(c) Good diction.
(d) Thought and action.

12. What does the Schoolmaster claim the town is "not" moved by in its actions in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Greed.
(b) Money.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Justice.

13. In terms of performance, the author writes in the postscript that "all that is art should seem to be _____."
(a) Nature.
(b) Art.
(c) Structured.
(d) Truth.

14. Why does the reporter ask the Mayor to redo the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The camera jammed.
(b) They couldn't believe it.
(c) The microphone went out.
(d) The lights went out.

15. What does Claire say she plans to turn the world into in Act 3?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) Her destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Schoolmaster say he is an admirer of in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What does the author claim that Claire does not represent in the play?

3. What does the author state that Ill ultimately receives in the end of the play?

4. What do the reporters want a photograph of Ill selling?

5. Where do Claire and Ill meet in Act 3, Scene 3?

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