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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. B says that they were married for how long, "more or less"?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Thirty years.

2. What happens at the end of Act 2, Part 2?
(a) B leaves.
(b) C leaves.
(c) The Boy walks into the room.
(d) A dies.

3. What does C protest she doesn't want to hear about in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) A's argument with her son.
(b) A's illness and its symptoms.
(c) B's talk of disillusionment and immaturity.
(d) A's talk of death and sorrow.

4. According to Act 2, Part 2, why do women cheat?
(a) Because they are greedy.
(b) Because they are lonely.
(c) Because they are hormonal.
(d) Because they are sexually unsatisfied.

5. How did C and Sis make a living, according to C?
(a) They were human mannequins.
(b) They prosituted themselves.
(c) They dated rich men who paid for their necessities.
(d) They cleaned houses.

6. What does C say about her sex life in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) She is promiscuous, and goes out with any man who she finds attractive.
(b) She is not a virgin, but still a good girl.
(c) She is a virgin, and is waiting until she gets married.
(d) She only goes out with men who are willing to spend money on her.

7. What comment does C make regarding A/B's son?
(a) He looks rich.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) He is too thin.
(d) He seems nice.

8. According to A and B's conversation at the end of Act 2, Part 2, what made A's father-in-law happy?
(a) Having a grandson.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Having lots of money.

9. Why was A glad to see her son when he came to visit?
(a) She missed him, and had second thoughts about the way she had treated him.
(b) She wasn't happy to see him; she only pretended to be.
(c) She was lonely, and most of her friends and family had died.
(d) She was happy to see that he had changed so much.

10. How did A's father-in-law feel about her?
(a) He never spoke to her.
(b) He liked her.
(c) He disliked her.
(d) He was civil to her.

11. According to A, why did she marry her husband?
(a) Because she was in a hurry to have children.
(b) Because she was in love.
(c) Because he was rich.
(d) Because she was lonely.

12. What happened to B's son in school?
(a) He had an affair with one of the teachers.
(b) He was supposed to have a sports scholarship until he got injured.
(c) He was beaten, almost to death, by his classmates.
(d) He got kicked out of every one he went to.

13. Why does A believe that old age is the best time of life?
(a) It is a time when you don't have to take care of anyone else.
(b) It is when you can stop and let go of everything in the past.
(c) It is a time when the people you used to care for care for you instead.
(d) It is a time when you don't have to work a steady job anymore.

14. What is C unable to remember in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) The emotions associated with her son's birth.
(b) The emotions associated with her marriage.
(c) The emotions associated with good and bad times.
(d) The emotions associated with her childhood.

15. How does A respond to what C says to her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) A hugs C.
(b) A "denies" B, C, and her son.
(c) A ignores C.
(d) A throws C out of her hospital room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is B's response to C's concern at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

2. In Act 2, Part 1, what does A tell C she should do?

3. What does C regret about her experience with the young man who took her virginity?

4. In Act 2, Part 1, C tells B that it is hard to consider what?

5. What does C ask A and B regarding A's accident?

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