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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is this actress married in the film, according to Martha?
(a) Peter Lorre
(b) Mickey Rooney
(c) Claude Raines
(d) Joseph Cotten

2. From which department is the young professor who's coming with his wife to the house, according to Martha?
(a) Political Science
(b) Mathematics
(c) Divinity
(d) English

3. Between which two colors do Martha and George argue, regarding their son's eyes?
(a) Blue and Green
(b) Blue and Hazel
(c) Brown and Hazel
(d) Green and Brown

4. How many drinks does Martha finish in this section?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) None

5. What does Honey say Martha is doing upstairs?
(a) Crying
(b) Changing
(c) Resting
(d) Reapplying her makeup

6. What does Nick say is not his idea of a good time?
(a) Defenstration
(b) Masturbation
(c) Evisceration
(d) Flagellation

7. What animal did George's school friend swerve his car to avoid hitting?
(a) An armadillo
(b) A deer
(c) A porcupine
(d) A dog

8. What reason does George give for not kissing Martha?
(a) He'd be unfaithful to his other wife
(b) He's too drunk
(c) He'd puke
(d) He'd get too excited

9. Which of these is not a name that Martha calls George in this section?
(a) Put-upon-pie
(b) Cluck
(c) Simp
(d) Weepy-face

10. How many of Nick's father-in-law's churches burned down?
(a) Five
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) One

11. What was George's relationship to the President of the university when Martha married him?
(a) Whipping boy
(b) Heir-apparent
(c) Yes man
(d) Gopher

12. What is Martha doing for Honey at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Holding her hair
(b) Making her coffee
(c) Bringing her aspirin
(d) Washing her dress

13. Which two descriptors does Martha confuse in comparing biology and math?
(a) Abstract and Abstruse
(b) Convex and Concave
(c) Fallacious and Felonious
(d) Concrete and Contrite

14. Which of the following is not a drunken act that George warns Martha against?
(a) Passing out
(b) Taking off her clothes
(c) Throwing up
(d) Driving off

15. Which of the following is not a degree that George lists for himself?
(a) M.A.
(b) B.S.
(c) Ph.D
(d) A.B.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nick teach before coming to the university where the play is located?

2. Besides football, at what other sport is Nick adept?

3. What does Martha do with chromosomes, according to George?

4. Against which innovation does George speak out vehemently?

5. How does George refer to his arguments with Martha while alone with Nick?

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