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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Claire use to examine her guests in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A lorgnette.
(d) Eyeglasses.

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

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

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

10. What does Claire say of Sunshine Square in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) She is renovating it.
(b) She burned it down.
(c) She is going to buy it.
(d) She owns it.

11. The Schoolmaster says in his speech to the townspeople in Act 3, Scene 4, "Have we not always been a ____ community?"
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Just.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Honest.

12. What does Claire offer to Ill in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A flower.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A suitcase.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where has Claire sent Hoby in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. Who enters to speak to Claire in Act 3, Scene 1?

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