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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. Where are Kit and Angie planning to go while in the front yard?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the library.
(c) To a friend's house.
(d) Shopping.

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

3. What was Nijo's first child?
(a) A girl.
(b) A boy.
(c) Twins: a girl and a boy.
(d) She never knew.

4. Where was the journey that Gret describes?
(a) Through Japan..
(b) Into hell.
(c) Across Europe.
(d) Into the Black Forest

5. As the baby grew inside of Joan, she:
(a) Thought she had experienced immaculate conception.
(b) Thought the baby would grow up to be pope.
(c) Thought about the beauty of the life inside her.
(d) Just thought she was getting fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence of Joan's birth experience?

2. According to Marlene, the story of Griselda's marriage begins like a:

3. What is the weather like at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

4. How many job interviews does Marlene come up with for Jeanine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Joyce's husband similar to the other male characters mentioned in the play?

2. Based on what you know about Louise's character, how might she act when she returns to her office today?

3. Why do you think the author includes a character like Isabella in the play?

4. Why might Griselda have defended her husband's actions?

5. Why does Marlene become overwrought and have to leave the room when the conversation topic turns to the women's lovers?

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

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

8. Why might Churchill have written the character of Griselda as arriving late? What might it symbolize?

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

10. What evidence from the play supports Marlene's eagerness to show her admiration for people who have tried to make something of themselves?

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