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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. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?
(a) An unusual plant in a shaft of light.
(b) Outdoors in a blizzard, with a greenhouse visible.
(c) The interior of a greenhouse on a sunny, snowy morning.
(d) A room in a tower.

2. Which best describes the number of plants in the greenhouse?
(a) Plants are placed on every available shelf and nook.
(b) There are three plants.
(c) There are two plants.
(d) There are two living plants and one dead plant.

3. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?
(a) Plants should never be hybridized.
(b) Anything new should be better.
(c) She likes only roses.
(d) New plants are always exciting.

4. What is the one item that stands out in the greenhouse?
(a) A huge plant, clinging to the back wall.
(b) A broken window.
(c) A dead plant.
(d) A gun.

5. Why didn't Anthony answer the buzz from Harry?
(a) Anthony didn't hear the buzzer.
(b) Harry didn't buzz Anthony.
(c) Claire had instructed Anthony to answer no buzz but hers.
(d) Hattie answered the buzz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?

2. What does Harry confide to the first house guest?

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

4. What happens after the first character onstage exits?

5. Who is Elizabeth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Claire and Tom discuss regarding "The Breath of Life"?

2. What does Anthony offer to do when he sees that Claire has strangled Tom?

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

4. Following the exchanges between Claire, Adelaide, and Harry, what does Claire do and how do other characters respond?

5. What is the significance of the names of the three men in this play who have been Claire's love interests?

6. What does Harry tell Claire he plans to do regarding her mental health?

7. How does Anthony respond to Hattie's information?

8. After Harry leaves to smoke, what does Tom confide to Dick?

9. Describe what the audience sees when the curtain first opens in Act 1.

10. For what two specific family-related matters does Adelaide chastise Claire?

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