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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. How does George refer to the bathroom?
(a) The powder room
(b) The WC
(c) The other room
(d) The euphemism

2. Against which innovation does George speak out vehemently?
(a) Genetic modification
(b) Brain imaging
(c) Nuclear fussion
(d) Space exploration

3. How old does George tell Nick Martha is?
(a) Seventy
(b) One hundred and twenty-five
(c) Twenty
(d) Forty-five

4. What part of her father's anatomy does George call Martha?
(a) His brain
(b) His right ball
(c) His ears
(d) His ass

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what metaphorical trap does George warn Nick?

3. What does George accuse Martha of doing during these faculty parties?

4. When Martha suggests that George should have listened to her in the bathroom, what does he suggest he would have done instead?

5. How many more teeth does Martha have than George?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the cloistered world that George and Martha have created at the beginning of the play.

2. Why does George not dance?

3. How does George describe Martha's father?

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

5. Describe George.

6. Describe Honey as she enters the scene.

7. About what part of George's picking flowers do he and Martha disagree?

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

9. What is Nick's plan to gain control of the university?

10. Why does George kill their son?

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