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

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

3. What does Claire order her ninth husband to do in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Think harder.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Go for a drive.
(d) Stop thinking.

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

5. Who does Claire say her ninth husband reminds her of in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Count Alexander.
(b) Count Holk.
(c) The Duke of Earle.
(d) Count Zisselman.

6. The inscription which descends in Act 3, Scene 4 reads, "Life is Serious, ____ Serene."
(a) Art.
(b) Love.
(c) Tapestry.
(d) Beauty.

7. In Act 3, Scene 4, the Schoolmaster says, "For what would be the sense of wealth, which created not a wealth of ____?"
(a) Redemption.
(b) Money.
(c) Greed.
(d) Grace.

8. What does Claire invite her visitors to sit upon in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) A bench.
(b) A log.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A cask.

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

10. From what passage of the bible did the Priest make a sermon in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) First Corinthians, thirteen.
(b) Matthew, thirteen.
(c) Revelations, nine.
(d) Luther, thirteen.

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

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

13. The author claims in the postscript that he has depicted people in the play and not what?
(a) Robots.
(b) Two-dimensional ideas.
(c) Cardboard cutouts.
(d) Marionettes.

14. Who does the Schoolmaster compare Claire to in Act 3?
(a) Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Medea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of performance, the author writes in the postscript that "all that is art should seem to be _____."

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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