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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. Which topic of conversation is not mentioned in the beginning of the play?
(a) The women's ability to swim.
(b) The women's schooling.
(c) The women's fathers.
(d) Damnation, good works, and going to church.

2. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Top Girls.
(b) The restaurant.
(c) Jeanine's home.
(d) Marlene's home.

3. What is the consequence of Joan's birth experience?
(a) She and the baby are stoned to death.
(b) The baby is hailed as a miracle.
(c) The baby is raised by nuns.
(d) She and the baby are forced to go into hiding.

4. Jeanine can best be described as:
(a) A staunch feminist.
(b) An ambitious woman who lacks self confidence.
(c) A spoiled girl who never had to work for her money.
(d) A smart, but lazy person.

5. Who is the youngest character in the play?
(a) Angie.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Kit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marlene work?

2. Who seems the least upset as Griselda tells her story?

3. What happened to Nijo's child?

4. When Joan went into labor, what did she think was happening?

5. How does Griselda feel about her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marlene and Joyce struggle for power over the way each one remembers the past?

2. How does Churchill portray women in dynamic and unlikely spiritual roles?

3. How does Louise's character parallel Joan's character?

4. How does Shona attempt to take control during her interview with Nell?

5. How is Marlene's coworker Win a reflection on her own character?

6. How does Angie lack traditional femininity in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What is Marlene's power revealed in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 1, and why is this considered a power?

8. Does the close of Act 2, Scene 1 show Marlene interacting with Jeanine in a positive or negative light?

9. What evidence from the play supports Marlene's reason for bringing such nice gifts to the house when it was not Christmas or anyone's birthday?

10. How are Joan, Marlene, and Isabella all examples of behaving against the norms of society?

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