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

2. Which of the following is not a location that George has found Martha's cocktail glasses?
(a) The freezer
(b) The bathtub
(c) The linen closet
(d) The gazebo

3. How does George refer to his arguments with Martha while alone with Nick?
(a) Sparring
(b) Making love
(c) Exercising
(d) Performing

4. Which of these is not a French insult that George and Martha hurl at each other?
(a) Bete
(b) Cyclope
(c) Cochon
(d) Putain

5. From what country do Nick and George think the toy gun comes?
(a) Italy
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) India

Short Answer Questions

1. What state of being does Martha accuse George of having?

2. What animal did George's school friend swerve his car to avoid hitting?

3. What is the faculty sport, according to George?

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

5. What did George do at the party when someone sang the Virginia Woolf song, according to Martha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is George and Martha's son?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe George.

7. Describe George's reaction to Martha's seduction of Nick.

8. What is Martha's reaction to Get the Guests?

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

10. Describe Martha's first marriage.

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