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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 saying does Honey drink by?
(a) Never mix, never worry
(b) Liquor before beer, in the clear
(c) Light before dark
(d) When in Rome

2. When Martha suggests that George should have listened to her in the bathroom, what does he suggest he would have done instead?
(a) Barged in
(b) Recorded
(c) Barricaded the door
(d) Peeked

3. In what part of the country does the play take place?
(a) The Midwest
(b) New England
(c) The Deep South
(d) The Rocky Mountain West

4. What does Honey say Martha is doing upstairs?
(a) Crying
(b) Changing
(c) Reapplying her makeup
(d) Resting

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two colors do Martha and George argue, regarding their son's eyes?

2. What was George's relationship to the President of the university when Martha married him?

3. What animal sound does George make late in this section?

4. What reason does Nick give for marrying Honey at the beginning of Act 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Honey to throw up at the end of this scene?

2. Describe Honey.

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

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

5. What is Martha's plan for the rest of the night, and why aren't she and George going to bed?

6. Describe Honey as she enters the scene.

7. Describe the state Honey is in during this scene.

8. Why does George not dance?

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

10. Who is George and Martha's son?

(see the answer keys)

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