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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Martha describe George's arguments during this scene?
(a) Sophmoric
(b) Vicious
(c) Convoluted
(d) Petty

2. What is the name of the last game?
(a) Bringing Up Baby
(b) Morning Glory
(c) Pin the Tail on the Boxer
(d) Doctor and the Houseboy

3. 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) Appendicitis
(b) Anemia
(c) Dyspepsia
(d) A toothache

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

5. What part of George is broken according to Nick?
(a) His back
(b) His mind
(c) His heart
(d) His neck

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is not a party game mentioned by George in the second act?
(a) Hump the Hostess
(b) Humiliate the Host
(c) Get the Guests
(d) Diddle the Drunk

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

11. When, according to George,did he receive the fateful telegram?
(a) Before they went to the faculty party
(b) Yesterday
(c) Between Acts 2 and 3
(d) Between Acts 1 and 2

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

13. To what does Martha liken George's torment of Nick at the beginning of this scene?
(a) Pygmy hunting
(b) Herding cats
(c) Shooting fish in a barrel
(d) A midnight snack

14. Which composer does George put on as dance music?
(a) Mozart
(b) Vivaldi
(c) Beethoven
(d) Brahms

15. 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) Behind the general store
(c) Under the vanity table
(d) At the drive-in

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day was George and Martha's son killed?

2. What are we trying to find when we peel away at each other, according to George?

3. As Nick attacks George for betraying him, George says that he hates what?

4. What animal scared George and Martha's son, causing him to break his arm?

5. How does George refer to his female protagonist in his "second novel?"

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