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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the reporters want a photograph of Ill selling?
(a) A rifle.
(b) An axe.
(c) A fur.
(d) A dagger.

2. What does Claire say you have husbands for in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Display purposes.
(b) Useful agendas.
(c) Fur coats.
(d) Money.

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

4. What was Claire's father's name in the play?
(a) Godfrey Heinman.
(b) Godfrey Wascher.
(c) Godfrey Zisselman.
(d) Hildegen Wascher.

5. What is Ill doing upstairs in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Writing.
(b) Pacing.
(c) Moaning.
(d) Crying.

6. Where do Claire and Ill meet in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Petersen's Barn.
(b) Konrad's Village Wood.
(c) Ill's store.
(d) The Golden Apple.

7. What does Ill cry out after the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) "No!"
(b) "Murderers!"
(c) "My God!"
(d) "Help me!"

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

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

10. Which character says he's been over-drinking lately in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Schoolmaster.
(c) The Policeman.
(d) Ill.

11. What establishment did Claire send the eunuchs to in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Her factory.
(b) Her opium den.
(c) Her brothel.
(d) Her prison.

12. Who has performed guest shows at the town auditorium?
(a) The Oneida Repertory Players.
(b) The French Repertory Theatre.
(c) The Kalberstadt Repertory Players.
(d) The Kaffigen Repertory Players.

13. The painter gives Mrs. Ill a portrait of whom in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Ill's daughter.
(b) Herself.
(c) Claire.
(d) Ill.

14. Who is speaking at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The Radio Announcer.
(b) Ill.
(c) Claire.
(d) The Mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to speak up to the reporters in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What does Ill's family leave him to go do in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

4. In the postscript, the author writes that "just as any creature is sealed off inside its skin, so the play is sealed off inside ____."

5. What did the choir perform in Act 3, Scene 1?

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