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

2. How does Nijo relate to Gret?
(a) She, too, beat up her oppressor.
(b) She took the same journey.
(c) She, too, had a relationship with an emperor.
(d) She, too, was sitting quietly at the table all night.

3. Why did Nijo take the course in life she did?
(a) To deepen her studies.
(b) To see the world's beauties.
(c) To escape a repressive government.
(d) To repent for a life of sin.

4. How did Nijo feel when the Emperor died?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Joy.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Grief.

5. Where does Joyce want the girls to go while they are in the yard?
(a) Into the house.
(b) Out of the house.
(c) Over to Kit's house.
(d) To the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marlene want Jeanine to get a job?

2. Who was Joan's lover?

3. What is wrong with Angie's dress in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. Which character interrupts Joan several times during the telling of her story?

5. Which character does not have a dead lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What genre might be used to describe the play during Act 1? Explain why.

2. Before you learn that Shona is lying, does she show that she deserves a chance to be sent on a good job interview? Why?

3. Based on the dialogue from Act 1, Part 3, how might you say that Isabella and Marlene are alike?

4. What evidence from the play further supports Marlene's stated admiration of Margaret Thatcher?

5. What is Marlene's reaction towards her visitors in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2?

6. Does Marlene really thinks Angie is stupid and strange?

7. What is ironic about Mrs. Kidd's claim that Howard needs the increase in salary?

8. What is the significance of Act 1, Part 2 ending with the waitress clearing the table?

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

10. Why might Churchill have left Jeanine with the two job possibilities that she did?

(see the answer keys)

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