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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 does Tom confide to Dick?
(a) He loves Claire.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He is divorcing Claire.
(d) He loves Claire's daughter.

2. What are Anthony's specific instructions?
(a) Keep the special plant alive at all costs.
(b) Keep salt away from the special plant.
(c) Hide the special plant from Harry.
(d) Kill the special plant.

3. What does Harry confide to the first house guest?
(a) He is considering having a doctor friend observe Claire's behavior.
(b) Claire has hidden the salt and pepper.
(c) He no longer loves Claire.
(d) Claire is having an affair.

4. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Harry and Claire's daughter.
(b) Claire's daughter from a previous marriage.
(c) Harry's daughter from a previous marriage.
(d) Claire's sister.

5. What does the blizzard symbolize?
(a) Ideas and creativity.
(b) Death.
(c) Outside forces.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire want Elizabeth to do regarding the plants?

2. What does the second house guest bring from the house?

3. What is the special plant about to do?

4. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?

5. In the second part of Act 1, who enters after Harry exits?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Claire and Tom are alone with "The Breath of Life," what offer does he make to her?

2. When Tom realizes the greenhouse door is locked, what does he do?

3. What is the profession of Claire's husband, Harry? How is his profession indicative of his character?

4. What is Anthony doing when the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?

5. Describe what happens after Dick asks Claire about her plants.

6. Describe the setting of Act 2.

7. What is the profession of Claire's lover, Tom? How is his profession indicative of his character?

8. When Claire and Tom are alone in the tower room, what does Claire admit to Tom, and what is his response?

9. After being rejected by Tom and hearing the doctor's diagnosis, who does Claire turn to next for comfort?

10. What is the connection between Claire and Elizabeth?

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