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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. What comes out of the toy shotgun that George fires?
(a) Nothing
(b) A parasol
(c) A tiny flag
(d) A rubber ball

2. How old is Nick?
(a) Thirty-two
(b) Twenty-eight
(c) Forty
(d) Twenty-five

3. What animal sound does George make late in this section?
(a) Horse
(b) Cat
(c) Pig
(d) Dog

4. What new nickname does Martha give George in the second half of Act 1?
(a) Swampy
(b) Pussy
(c) Wimpy
(d) Soupy

5. What is Martha doing for Honey at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Making her coffee
(b) Bringing her aspirin
(c) Washing her dress
(d) Holding her hair

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a name that Martha calls George in this section?

2. What does Honey say Martha is doing upstairs?

3. Which of the following is not a location that George has found Martha's cocktail glasses?

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

5. Which of the following is not a university to which George compares the play's university?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Honey's family come to be so wealthy?

2. Describe the moment at the faculty party that Martha describes and how it affected her.

3. How does Honey make reference to her hysterical pregnancy when she returns after being sick?

4. Describe the progress of Martha's drinking habits, according to George.

5. What do George and Martha do with their tears?

6. What is Martha's relationship with her father?

7. How does George set Martha up for embarrassment as he opens the door?

8. What is George's reasoning that his son hates Martha?

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

10. What happened to George's school friend who killed his mother?

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