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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. Who worries that the cold weather will have adverse effects on the plants?
(a) Harry.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Anthony and Harry.
(d) Hattie.

2. What does the first character do after coming onstage?
(a) Lock the greenhouse door.
(b) Press a buzzer.
(c) Answer a telephone.
(d) Prepare breakfast.

3. Who is the first character to come onstage in Act 1?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Claire.
(d) Harry.

4. Who is the only character onstage when the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?
(a) Claire.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Harry.
(d) Anthony.

5. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?
(a) Dick.
(b) Tom.
(c) Harry.
(d) Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first house guest to arrive at the greenhouse?

2. When Claire becomes frustrated with Elizabeth, what does Claire want to do?

3. What does Claire ask Tom to do?

4. What does Claire require the second house guest to do before she will let him enter the greenhouse?

5. What do the random growth patterns of the plants represent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Anthony upset when Dick rushes into the greenhouse for shelter?

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

5. After some order has been restored in the greenhouse, Anthony remind everyone it is time to do what?

6. Describe the setting of Act 2.

7. What character is onstage alone at the beginning of Act 2, and which two characters join the first character?

8. At the beginning of Act 3, what does Hattie urgently tell Anthony?

9. Why is Harry angry the first time he appears onstage?

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

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