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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Claire, Tom, and the third character in the tower?
(a) The doctor and Harry.
(b) Dick and Adelaide.
(c) Dick, Adelaide, and the doctor.
(d) The doctor and Adelaide.

2. What is Claire's opinion regarding typical female roles?
(a) She believes women are superior to men.
(b) She believes men are superior to women.
(c) She strives to fulfill her traditional role.
(d) She rejects such notions.

3. Who enters the room after the doctor gives his advice?
(a) Tom.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Dick.
(d) Claire.

4. Why is the setting in Act 2's symbolism ironic?
(a) The characters are not religious.
(b) The household has no queen.
(c) The lock on the door is broken.
(d) The prisoner has put herself in the prison.

5. Why is Tom the only one who truly loves Claire?
(a) He sees that Claire wants to assume a traditional woman's role.
(b) He sees that the quest of love is more important to her than the consummation.
(c) He knows that Harry is having an affair.
(d) He knows that Claire wants to live in India.

6. How does Claire respond to Adelaide's accusations?
(a) She cries.
(b) With embarrassment.
(c) She faints.
(d) In an insolent manner.

7. Which character has the last name of Edgeworthy?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Tom.
(c) Harry.
(d) Dick.

8. What is the relationship between Elizabeth and Adelaide?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are niece and aunt.
(c) They are mother and daughter.
(d) They are rivals for Tom's love.

9. Which is the best description of the doctor?
(a) He rejects the belief that rest and isolation can help cure a hysterical patient.
(b) He is in love with Claire.
(c) He rejects new Freudian theories.
(d) He specializes in botany.

10. What does Harry realize after Claire begs another character to take her away?
(a) That she wants to go to India.
(b) That she has had an intimate relationship with Dick.
(c) That she has had an intimate relationship with Anthony.
(d) That she still loves Harry.

11. What are Tom's emotions upon seeing that the person who called for help is fine?
(a) Relief and annoyance.
(b) Relief and good humor.
(c) Embarrassment and annoyance.
(d) Confusion and annoyance.

12. What is the setting of Act 2?
(a) The exterior of the greenhouse.
(b) A tower room with rough edges and unfinished masonry.
(c) A tower room made of wood..
(d) The interior of the greenhouse.

13. What is the doctor's area of practice?
(a) Orthopedics.
(b) Numerology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Botany.

14. Which is the best description of Harry?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A poet.
(d) An artist.

15. During the embrace, what complaint does one character make about the others who have left the room?
(a) They complain too much about temperature.
(b) They don't appreciate her plants.
(c) They are always late to dinner.
(d) They will give her nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Adelaide have?

2. Who suggests that everyone should go downstairs to dinner?

3. When Claire and Tom are alone in the tower, what does Claire admit?

4. Which character's behavior represents the unrest of many women in the U.S. as the Women's Rights Movement begins to take root?

5. What is Claire unable to explain regarding her experiment?

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