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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Honey doing with a liquor bottle in Act 3?
(a) Cradling it like a baby
(b) Smashing it in the bathtub
(c) Drinking the dregs of it
(d) Peeling the label

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

5. What does H.I. stand for on George's protagonist's baggage?
(a) Health and Intelligence
(b) Historical Inevitability
(c) Hope, Illinois
(d) Heavenly intercession

6. For what reason does Martha say George married her?
(a) For her torture of him
(b) For her money
(c) For her body
(d) For her father's influence

7. How does George silence Martha as she protests the game?
(a) He throws water in her face
(b) He slaps her
(c) He flips the coffee table
(d) He kisses her

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

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

10. What is Honey doing in her sleep, according to George?
(a) Crying
(b) Snoring
(c) Talking
(d) Sucking her thumb

11. What job does Martha assign to Nick in Act 3?
(a) Houseboy
(b) Cook
(c) Gigolo
(d) Butler

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

13. What kind of animal does Honey pretend to be when she enters the room?
(a) A puppy
(b) A cat
(c) A squirrel
(d) A rabbit

14. What does Martha accuse George of doing when she returns to the room?
(a) Cheating on her
(b) Drinking her booze
(c) Antagonizing Nick
(d) Making Honey throw up

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does George say that Martha won twenty-five years ago?

2. According to Martha, what does weakness cry out against?

3. Why does Nick throw George to theground?

4. What does George do with his book in the last moment of Act 2?

5. What part of George is broken according to Nick?

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