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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does George tell Nick and Honey to put their coats?
(a) The Bedroom
(b) Anywhere
(c) The Floor
(d) The Hall Closet

2. What new nickname does Martha give George in the second half of Act 1?
(a) Pussy
(b) Soupy
(c) Wimpy
(d) Swampy

3. How does George refer to the bathroom?
(a) The WC
(b) The powder room
(c) The euphemism
(d) The other room

4. What saying does Honey drink by?
(a) Never mix, never worry
(b) When in Rome
(c) Light before dark
(d) Liquor before beer, in the clear

5. What philosophical leaning does Martha claim to hold?
(a) Stoic
(b) Atheist
(c) Pedant
(d) Social materialist

6. 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

7. About what time of the day does the play begin?
(a) Midnight
(b) Two o'clock in the morning
(c) Ten o'clock at night
(d) Six o'clock at night

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

9. From what country do Nick and George think the toy gun comes?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Italy
(d) Japan

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

11. Why did Martha live alone with her father for most of her early life?
(a) Her mother disappeared for weeks on end
(b) Her mother and father divorced
(c) She was adopted
(d) Her mother died early

12. About what does Martha now want to talk?
(a) Politics
(b) History
(c) Her father
(d) Her son

13. How does Nick mispronounce the word "gaggle?"
(a) Gangle
(b) Goggle
(c) Naggle
(d) Gargle

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick say is not his idea of a good time?

2. What does George tell Martha he wants her to stop doing?

3. Who answers the door when Nick and Honey arrive?

4. To what type of animal does George compare Martha's father?

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

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