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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what time is it at the end of the second act?
(a) Midnight
(b) Two o'clock in the morning
(c) Seven o'clock in the morning
(d) Four o' clock in the morning

2. How do George and Martha agree to describe the final passage of the night?
(a) Total war
(b) Exorcism
(c) Dies Irae
(d) Endgame

3. What does George do during his game that offends Nick?
(a) He slips his drink on him
(b) He snaps at him
(c) He gropes Honey
(d) He calls him a gelding

4. According to Martha and George, which two ideas are getting confused?
(a) Love and Hate
(b) Love and Fear
(c) Truth and Illusion
(d) Hope and Delusion

5. What does Nick think has happened to Martha when he comes downstairs in Act 3?
(a) He thinks she's been attacked by George
(b) He thinks she's fallen asleep
(c) He thinks she's talking to Honey
(d) He thinks she's gone crazy

6. What does George announce he is going to do after he returns to the room?
(a) Read a book
(b) Kiss Martha
(c) Play a game
(d) Punch NIck

7. What type of flowers is George carrying with him when he returns to the house?
(a) Chrysanthemums
(b) Snapdragons
(c) Hyacinths
(d) Daffodils

8. What are we trying to find when we peel away at each other, according to George?
(a) Bones
(b) Organs
(c) Blood
(d) Marrow

9. Where was George sailing past when he saw the moon come back up after going down?
(a) Tripoli
(b) Cape Cod
(c) St. Croix
(d) Majorca

10. As George talks about his "second novel," where does he suggest the Midwestern lover begin to "poke around" with each other?
(a) In the hayloft
(b) Under the vanity table
(c) At the drive-in
(d) Behind the general store

11. What contest does George say that Martha won twenty-five years ago?
(a) A triathalon
(b) A beauty pagaent
(c) A dance marathon
(d) A pie-eating contest

12. What does George do with his book in the last moment of Act 2?
(a) Continuess reading it
(b) Throws it across the room
(c) Cries into it
(d) Tear it apart

13. What animal scared George and Martha's son, causing him to break his arm?
(a) A cow
(b) A chicken
(c) A goat
(d) A dog

14. When can George handle Martha best, does he say?
(a) When he's drunk
(b) When they're alone
(c) When she's asleep
(d) When they're in public

15. Why does Nick throw George to theground?
(a) He punches Nick
(b) He attacks Martha
(c) He dares Nick to attack him
(d) He insults Honey

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did George and Martha's son run away from home in one year according to Martha?

2. Which of the following is not something to which Martha compares herself in her Act 3 monologue?

3. Where is Honey sleeping at the end of Act 2?

4. What would Martha's father not allow George to do recently?

5. Where does Martha say she keeps her tears?

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