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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose performance in the choir does Claire remark upon in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The Doctor's.
(b) The Policeman's.
(c) The Mayor's.
(d) The Schoolmaster's.

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

3. What is the principle concern that Claire's visitors come to speak to her about in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Murder.
(b) The Schools.
(c) Debt.
(d) The Library.

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

5. What does Ill's family leave him to go do in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Go for a drive in the country.
(c) See a movie.
(d) Go visit relatives.

6. What did the choir perform in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Bach.
(b) Brahms.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Chopin.

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

8. What is the name of the factory in the town which is mentioned in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Bockmann.
(b) Wascher.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Heimlin.

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

10. What kind of cigarettes does the butcher buy in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Dunhills.
(b) Marlboros.
(c) Camels.
(d) Romeo and Juliets.

11. What is Claire's ninth husband?
(a) A plastic surgeon.
(b) A musician.
(c) A Nobel Prize winner.
(d) A film star.

12. What has Ill's son bought in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) A carriage.
(b) College enrollment.
(c) A car.
(d) A horse.

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

14. Where is tea being served to the ladies after the vote in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) The Golden Apple.
(b) Ill's shop.
(c) Petermen's Barn.
(d) The City Park.

15. What was the name of the child which Claire bore?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Hilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns Konrad's Village Wood?

2. How much does the painter charge Mrs. Ill for the painting in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. In Act 3, Scene 4, the Schoolmaster says, "For what would be the sense of wealth, which created not a wealth of ____?"

4. The author claims that the events only take their decisive turn during the scene where?

5. What is Claire wearing in Act 3, Scene 1?

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