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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ill ask for in his final moments in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Freedom.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A last meal.

3. Who does the Schoolmaster say he is an admirer of in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Plato.
(b) Cato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Bach.

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

5. Who does the author compare the character of Claire to in the postscript?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Medea.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Ophelia.

6. Where does Act 3, Scene 2 take place?
(a) The church.
(b) Ill's shop.
(c) Town Hall.
(d) The Golden Apple.

7. In the postscript, the author writes that he has portrayed action and not what?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Parable.
(d) Tragedy.

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

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

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

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

12. What does the Doctor say that Ill died of in the end of the play?
(a) Strangling.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Seizure.
(d) Stroke.

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

14. What is the name of Ill's daughter in the play?
(a) Grusha.
(b) Hilda.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Natalie.

15. Where does Act 3, Scene 1 take place?
(a) The Church.
(b) The Hospital.
(c) Petersen's Barn.
(d) Konrad's Village Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says he's been over-drinking lately in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What was the name of the child which Claire bore?

3. The author claims in the postscript that he has depicted people in the play and not what?

4. What does Claire say the world turned her into in Act 3?

5. Who took away the child that Claire bore?

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