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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. What does Angie lick?
(a) Kit's menstral blood.
(b) The cut on her leg.
(c) Dirt from the sidewalk.
(d) The ice cream she is eating.

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

3. What part of Joan's education was missing?
(a) Information about raising children.
(b) Information about how a woman's body functions.
(c) Information about how to be a pope.
(d) Information about conducting official ceremonies.

4. Which character used to love getting dressed?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Pope Joan.
(c) Dull Gret.
(d) Nijo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character seems to travel the most?

2. Why are the women toasting Marlene?

3. Which character insists she could never live the life of a "lady"?

4. What is Angie's secret?

5. Which new guest arrives during Act 1, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Marlene compared to her coworker Howard by the other women in the office?

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

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

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

6. Why might Joyce have been so short with Marlene on her visit?

7. How was Marlene's birthing experience similar to or different from that of Nijo's and Joan's?

8. How is Angie's presence in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 2 Churchill's reminder of Marlene's determination to succeed?

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

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

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