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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. Who was Joan's lover?
(a) One of her fellow cardinals.
(b) One of the officials in her household.
(c) One of her brother's friends.
(d) One of her distant cousins.

2. According to Marlene, how often does she, herself, do good works?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Only when someone deserves help.
(c) Never.
(d) Very often.

3. What sort of work has Jeanine done in the past?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Secretarial.
(d) Janitorial.

4. How do the dinner guests react to Joan's story?
(a) They are outraged.
(b) They fall silent.
(c) They do not believe Joan.
(d) They hug Joan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Joan pray?

2. Which character's children were taken away and never returned?

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

4. What happened to Nijo's child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Louise her own worst enemy during her job interview?

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

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

5. Why might the author include so few details about the identity of Marlene's lover?

6. What parallel can be drawn between Jeanine and Marlene?

7. Based on what you know of Marlene's character from the play, do you think she would do things differently if she had the chance?

8. How is Win's position at Top Girls a positive expression of her power?

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

10. What might the future hold for Marlene, and what clues in the story support your answer?

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