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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a university to which George compares the play's university?
(a) Sorbonne
(b) M.I.T.
(c) Cambridge
(d) Moscow U.

3. George mentions an old professor of Latin who recently died on campus. Where was he when he died?
(a) In class
(b) The cafeteria
(c) The chapel
(d) His office

4. According to George at the end of Act 1, what is Martha at heart?
(a) A Floozy
(b) A Libertine
(c) A Romantic
(d) A Man

5. What nationality does George say the man who painted their abstract painting is?
(a) British
(b) Greek
(c) Italian
(d) German

6. How many more teeth does Martha have than George?
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) None
(d) One

7. What sport does George invite Nick to play with him?
(a) Squash
(b) Rugby
(c) Handball
(d) Tennis

8. Which of the following is not a term that George uses to describe his son?
(a) The sprout
(b) The little bugger
(c) The apple of our eye
(d) The little man

9. Besides football, at what other sport is Nick adept?
(a) Golf
(b) Boxing
(c) Polo
(d) Baseball

10. In Nick's mock plan for taking over the university, as what does he want to establish himself?
(a) A power-broker
(b) A stumbling block
(c) An inevitability
(d) A nonentity

11. What medical procedure will become more common when biologists enact their nefarious plans, according to George?
(a) Vascectomy
(b) Liposuction
(c) Lobotomy
(d) Euthenasia

12. On what day of the week does the play take place?
(a) Monday
(b) Sunday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Friday

13. To what type of animal does George compare Martha's father?
(a) A bear
(b) A cat
(c) A shark
(d) A mouse

14. What does Martha do with chromosomes, according to George?
(a) Uses them as bath crystals
(b) Ignores them
(c) Pours them on her cereal
(d) Wears them like earrings

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George refer to Martha's new outfit?

2. Why did Martha live alone with her father for most of her early life?

3. Who throws up at the end of Act 1?

4. Which of the following is not a location that George has found Martha's cocktail glasses?

5. From which department is the young professor who's coming with his wife to the house, according to Martha?

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