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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Ill referring to when she says in Act 3, "They're in fashion today"?
(a) High collars.
(b) Large breasts.
(c) High heels.
(d) Large hair.

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

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

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

5. 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) Luther, thirteen.
(d) Revelations, nine.

6. To whom was Claire's shortest marriage?
(a) The Armenian.
(b) Lord Ishmael.
(c) The Duke of Winchester.
(d) Count Holk.

7. The author states that producers and directors of the play will likely come nearest the mark of its intention if they approach it in the style of what?
(a) Classical Shakespeare.
(b) Greek tragedy.
(c) Brechtian performance.
(d) Folk-plays.

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

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

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

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

12. Who does Ill tell the Priest to pray for in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Claire.
(b) Guellen.
(c) Himself.
(d) His family.

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

14. The author in the postscript says that under the circumstances of the play he is not sure of what?
(a) He would have stayed.
(b) He'd have committed suicide.
(c) He would have acted differently.
(d) He wouldn't have left.

15. Who took away the child that Claire bore?
(a) State Agency.
(b) The Adoption Center.
(c) Women's Programme.
(d) The Salvation Army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the factory in the town which is mentioned in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. The Schoolmaster says in his speech to the townspeople in Act 3, Scene 4, "Have we not always been a ____ community?"

4. What does Mrs. Ill call the butcher in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What kind of car does Hoby have?

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