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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who apologizes to Tom in Act 2?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Claire.
(d) Harry.

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

4. Who tells Claire about the dinner guest?
(a) Tom.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Harry.
(d) No one.

5. Harry is aware of an attraction between Claire and which character?
(a) Dick.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Tom.
(d) Anthony.

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

7. Who first joins Claire and Tom in the tower room after she goes back upstairs?
(a) Harry.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Dick.

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

9. Under what condition does Tom agree to stay?
(a) If Claire will apologize to Harry and Adelaide.
(b) If he can see the results of the experiment.
(c) If Claire will show some affection to her daughter.
(d) If Claire will destroy the greenhouse.

10. Which man loves Claire for her exterior self?
(a) Tom.
(b) Dick.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Harry.

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

12. What is the foundation of Claire's emotional state?
(a) She wants to spend more time with Elizabeth.
(b) She has trouble sleeping.
(c) She needs something to hope for beyond what others are able to give.
(d) She wants to spend more time with Adelaide.

13. Who calls to Tom for help through the tower window?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Harry.
(d) Claire.

14. What is Tom's condition when he arrives in the tower room?
(a) He is hesitant and does not enter the room.
(b) He is laughing.
(c) He is angry, pointing a gun at the others.
(d) He is out of breath.

15. What does Claire ask Tom to do in Act 2?
(a) Be her partner so they can search for meaning together.
(b) Apologize to Harry.
(c) Go to India.
(d) Destroy the greenhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Claire and Adelaide?

2. Who joins Claire, Tom, and the third character in the tower?

3. What is the doctor's last name?

4. Which two characters join the first character early in Act 2?

5. What does Tom say will happen to communication between himself and Claire?

(see the answer keys)

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