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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) Mickey Rooney
(b) Peter Lorre
(c) Claude Raines
(d) Joseph Cotten

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

3. How do the ages of George and Martha compare?
(a) They are approximately the same age
(b) George is ten years older than Martha
(c) George is three years older than Martha
(d) Martha is six years older than George

4. To what literary heroine does Martha compare herself near the end of Act 1?
(a) Moll Flanders
(b) Lady Chatterly
(c) Ophelia
(d) Anna Karenina

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

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

7. What game did Nick and Honey play when they were younger?
(a) Truth or Dare
(b) Hide and Seek
(c) Spin the Bottle
(d) Doctor

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

9. What does George think is the name of the film Martha is referencing?
(a) Chicago
(b) You Can't Take it with You
(c) The Magnificent Ambersons
(d) Rebecca

10. Which of these is not among the topics of which George claims to have limited knowledge?
(a) Ocean levels
(b) International cuisine
(c) National boundaries
(d) Practical morality

11. Which two characters sing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the end of the first act?
(a) George and Honey
(b) Martha and Nick
(c) George and Martha
(d) Martha and Honey

12. Where did George go on his first vacation from prep school?
(a) New York
(b) Boston
(c) Chicago
(d) Philadelphia

13. Which mythical creature does George compare Martha to as he discusses his son with Nick?
(a) A cyclops
(b) A hydra
(c) A siren
(d) A centaur

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

15. From what age have Honey and Nick known each other?
(a) Twenty
(b) Ten
(c) Sixteen
(d) Six

Short Answer Questions

1. About what time of the day does the play begin?

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

3. How old will George and Martha's son be tomorrow?

4. Which studio does Martha say made the film she is referencing?

5. What state of being does Martha accuse George of having?

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