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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did George do with the telegram?
(a) He framed it
(b) He burned it
(c) He ate it
(d) He tore it up

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

3. Which is not a game that Honey and George talk about having played?
(a) Snap the Dragon
(b) Up the Chuck
(c) Curl-Up-On-the-Floor
(d) Peel the Label

4. What does Honey loudly announce that she wants?
(a) A child
(b) A divorce
(c) A drink
(d) A pillow

5. As Nick attacks George for betraying him, George says that he hates what?
(a) Hypocrisy
(b) Misery
(c) Inconsistency
(d) Pathos

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

7. What does Martha say she has to put on her eyes since getting married?
(a) Rose-tinted glasses
(b) False eyelashes
(c) Blinders
(d) Windshield wipers

8. What time of day was George and Martha's son killed?
(a) Late morning
(b) Dusk
(c) Evening
(d) Afternoon

9. What three words are repeated in relation to George and Martha at the beginning of the third act?
(a) Good, better, bested
(b) Came, saw, conquered
(c) Sad, sad, sad
(d) love, lover, lovely

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what animal does George compare Martha when he calls her lovely?

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

3. What type of weapon does Martha call herself when Nick says she hurt him?

4. In what month was Martha's son born?

5. How does Martha describe George's arguments during this scene?

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