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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellen say she would like to do that is important?
(a) Become a dentist.
(b) Save the world.
(c) Become a nurse.
(d) Raise animals.

2. Where does Conrad claim he needs to go as he and Ellen sit on the terrace?
(a) To school.
(b) Home to feed his goat.
(c) To work.
(d) Home to his mother.

3. What does Roger claim is the cause of people seeing a spacecraft?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Stress.
(c) An optical illusion.
(d) Mass hysteria.

4. What does Kreton state his species doesn't do that humans do that he gives as a reason for not being able to explain his origins?
(a) Humans die.
(b) Humans sleep.
(c) Humans talk.
(d) Humans eat.

5. What does Conrad claim to be in addition to a farmer?
(a) A pacifist.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) A simpleton.
(d) A maniac.

6. What did Reba want to be as a youth?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A vet.
(c) A dietitian.
(d) A doctor.

7. Of what type of metal is Kreton's ship made?
(a) Silver.
(b) An unknown metal.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

8. What does Kreton seem to affectionately call the people in the house?
(a) Old children.
(b) Nasty children.
(c) Wicked children.
(d) Annoying children.

9. Why does Kreton claim he needs to lay down?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He is annoyed.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He is perplexed.

10. Who is in the living room at the opening of the play?
(a) Roger and Tom.
(b) Ellen and Roger.
(c) Reba and Roger.
(d) Tom and Reba.

11. How does Kreton explain that he lives both on another planet and not on another planet?
(a) He lives in the ocean.
(b) He lives in another dimension.
(c) He lives on the moon.
(d) He lives on Mars.

12. What does Conrad note Ellen can do at the same time as making love?
(a) Watch television.
(b) Eavesdrop.
(c) Eat.
(d) Smoke.

13. Where does Conrad sign his name as Ulysses Grant?
(a) In the bar.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) His license.
(d) On his army registration form.

14. Why is Conrad forced to spend the night?
(a) Conrad is marrying Ellen.
(b) The family is under house arrest.
(c) Conrad wants to visit with the alien.
(d) The family cannot exit because of the spaceship.

15. What causes Reba to be suspicious of Ellen and Conrad's activities?
(a) Conrad's shirt is off.
(b) Ellen is undressed.
(c) Ellen's skirt isn't straight.
(d) The two are sweating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does the aide think of when he thinks of Powers?

2. What is on Reba's mind at the end of Act 1?

3. What type of trip does Kreton say the trip to Earth was?

4. What is above the television in the study?

5. What does Reba note to Tom that has changed in her appearance?

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