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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Martha say she keeps her tears?
(a) In the toilet cistern
(b) In ice trays
(c) In the shower
(d) In a reliquary

2. To what does George compare when he suggests Nick throw her over his shoulder?
(a) A fur coat
(b) A sack of toys
(c) A hobo bindle
(d) A bag of laundry

3. Which of the following is not something to which Martha compares herself in her Act 3 monologue?
(a) A creeping vine
(b) A vinegary wine
(c) A pussycat
(d) An old shoe

4. To what animal does George compare Martha when he calls her lovely?
(a) A dove
(b) A lioness
(c) A mouse
(d) A peacock

5. What does Honey do when she realizes Nick told George about her hysterical pregnancy?
(a) She passes out
(b) She throws up
(c) She storms out of the house
(d) She slaps him

6. Honey obliquely mentions her hysterical pregnancy when she comes back into the room, but she calls it something else. What does she call it?
(a) Dyspepsia
(b) Appendicitis
(c) Anemia
(d) A toothache

7. Which of the following is not a nickname that George gives to Honey during the dancing?
(a) Sugar tush
(b) Monkey nipples
(c) Sexy
(d) Angel tits

8. How does George refer to his female protagonist in his "second novel?"
(a) Hippy
(b) Mousey
(c) Busty
(d) Swishy

9. According to George, how old was their son when Martha was still trying to bathe him herself?
(a) Nineteen
(b) Sixteen
(c) Twelve
(d) Fourteen

10. What onomatopoetic word does Martha use repeatedly to describe the moment she realized George was a lost cause?
(a) Pop
(b) Boom
(c) Crash
(d) Snap

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

12. What is George retrieving when he leaves Nick and Martha alone?
(a) Coffee
(b) Liquor
(c) Towels
(d) Ice

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

14. What does Martha knock into while she is necking with Nick?
(a) The record player
(b) The door chimes
(c) The bar
(d) George's chair

15. What is the Western Union courier's name?
(a) Nosey Evans
(b) Simple Jerry
(c) Crazy Billy
(d) Smelly Gerald

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does George say he picked the flowers?

2. About what time is it at the end of the second act?

3. What habit does George accuse Martha of in this scene?

4. What does Nick think has happened to Martha when he comes downstairs in Act 3?

5. What language does George begin speaking partway through Martha's description of their son?

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