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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor prescribe for Claire?
(a) Medication.
(b) Rest.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Therapy.

2. How does Elizabeth respond to Adelaide's accusations?
(a) She faints.
(b) She cries.
(c) She defends Claire.
(d) She is not present during the accusations.

3. How many children does Adelaide have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Seven.

4. Who raised Elizabeth?
(a) Claire.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Harry.
(d) Tom.

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

6. Who calls Claire unnatural?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Tom.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) The doctor.

7. When Claire and Tom are alone in the tower, what does Claire admit?
(a) She loves Anthony.
(b) She loves Dick and Harry.
(c) She loves Tom.
(d) She loves only her plants.

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

9. 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.

10. Which two characters embrace at the end of Act 2?
(a) Harry and Claire.
(b) Claire and Tom.
(c) Claire and Dick.
(d) Adelaide and Harry.

11. Why does a character apologize to Tom?
(a) Claire's call for help was meant for Anthony.
(b) Claire's unreasonable behavior caused Tom to run upstairs.
(c) Claire's call for help was meant for Dick.
(d) Harry's unreasonable behavior embarrassed Tom.

12. Which is the best description of Dick?
(a) A poet who writes sonnets.
(b) A gardener who loves Claire's plants.
(c) An artist who produces realistic paintings.
(d) An artist who produces abstract drawings.

13. What does Claire tell Tom regarding "The Breath of Life?"
(a) The plant has died.
(b) The plant will not bloom for another two weeks.
(c) The experiment no longer interests her.
(d) She will know tomorrow if the experiment has been successful.

14. What does the setting in Act 2 symbolize?
(a) Closeness to God.
(b) A castle fit for a queen.
(c) Escape.
(d) A spiritual prison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the doctor?

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

3. Who is the only character onstage at the beginning of Act 2?

4. What does Claire ask Tom to do in Act 2?

5. What is the foundation of Claire's emotional state?

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