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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. Why does the lawyer comment to Miss Alice, "that will be our bird of prey?"
(a) To the birds flying around outside.
(b) To the butler eavesdropping.
(c) To a knock at the door.
(d) The Cardinal's innocence.

2. How does Miss Alice challenge Julian?
(a) To know more about his life.
(b) To an arm wrestling competition.
(c) To tell him what he thinks of her.
(d) She asks him why he is a lay brother and not a priest.

3. When the lawyer enters the room to join in the dialogue, what is established?
(a) The lawyer and the butler are brothers.
(b) Julian is not ordained.
(c) The lawyer and the butler are friends.
(d) Julian is a priest.

4. How does the second person make his insult more insulting?
(a) He draws it out in his speech dramatically.
(b) She throws more mud.
(c) He throws more mud.
(d) He makes the same comment over and over again.

5. What does the first man not leave without?
(a) Kissing Miss Alice on the cheek.
(b) Hugging the second man.
(c) A snide comment or two.
(d) Making a rude comment to Miss Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, at last, occurs?

2. How did Julian struggle?

3. What does the butler share about himself with Julian?

4. What does Julian think about how men use God?

5. About what do they continue to rib each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julian feel about the way the conversation with the butler is going? What does he want to know?

2. What does Miss Alice do when Julian becomes embarrassed?

3. Describe the upstairs sitting room of the castle.

4. What is the most intriguing element of the room?

5. What are the lawyer and Cardinal doing, as the play begins?

6. What does the butler say about the wine cellar?

7. How does the scene end?

8. About what is Julian astonished?

9. How does their animosity become clearer?

10. What makes Julian more and more frustrated wit h Miss Alice?

(see the answer keys)

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