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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Policeman's name in the play?
(a) Zimmerman.
(b) Bockmann.
(c) Hahncke.
(d) Nielz.

2. How much money does Claire give to the train master?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 6,000.

3. What color hair did Claire have in her youth?
(a) Black.
(b) Brunette.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

4. Who did the millionairess have do her portrait?
(a) Zimt.
(b) Klimt.
(c) Renoir.
(d) Picasso.

5. How does Claire drink her whiskey?
(a) On ice.
(b) Neat.
(c) Shaken.
(d) As a Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has acquired a television set in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, who is playing music?

3. What is the name of the town bailiff in the play?

4. Where does Ill tell the townspeople he is going to emigrate to in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. What does Claire smoke?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of Act 2, what does Ill see from his window? What does he do?

2. What does Ill realize in his conversation with the mayor in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Who delivers exposition about the town in the opening scene of the play? What is revealed?

4. Where is the second place Ill goes in Act 2, Scene 2? What does he meet there?

5. What is the priest's opinion of Ill's problems in Act 2?

6. How does Act 2, Scene 3 illustrate the theme of denial?

7. What is the reaction to Ill's points in Act 2, Scene 3? How do they blockade him?

8. What does Ill believe has caused the change in the townspeople in Act 2, Scene 1?

9. Where does Ill go in Act 2, Scene 2? What is alarming to him there?

10. Describe the anonymity of the town in which the play is based. How does this reflect the people of the town?

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