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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of animal does George compare Martha's father?
(a) A cat
(b) A mouse
(c) A bear
(d) A shark

2. About what does Martha now want to talk?
(a) History
(b) Politics
(c) Her father
(d) Her son

3. In Nick's mock plan for taking over the university, as what does he want to establish himself?
(a) An inevitability
(b) A nonentity
(c) A power-broker
(d) A stumbling block

4. Which studio does Martha say made the film she is referencing?
(a) Warner Brothers
(b) MGM
(c) Paramount
(d) She doesn't recall

5. What does NIck have to drink?
(a) Water
(b) Bourbon
(c) Scotch
(d) Gin and tonic

Short Answer Questions

1. How old will George and Martha's son be tomorrow?

2. To whom is this actress married in the film, according to Martha?

3. Which of the following is not a term that George uses to describe his son?

4. Why did George run the History Department for four years?

5. To what literary heroine does Martha compare herself near the end of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George explain his son's habit of throwing up?

2. Describe George's "party games" bit.

3. Where does the title of the play come from?

4. Describe the movie that Martha references at the beginning of the play.

5. What is the reason George gives for talking at such length about Nick's life?

6. Describe George and Martha's bit involving a kiss.

7. How does George kill their son?

8. What arrangement do Martha and George come to at the end of their argument and how does the arrangement seem to suit them?

9. How does Nick change over the course of the play?

10. What is the room's reaction to George's claims that Nick plans to alter the world's chromosomes?

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