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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of consumer markets?
(a) They are expanding.
(b) They are stagnant.
(c) They are losing money.
(d) They are contracting.

2. Who initially insists that the action of many can accomplish what one cannot?
(a) Edna.
(b) Dr. Barnes.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Miller.

3. How is Miller treated at the beginning of the meeting?
(a) He is offered lunch.
(b) He is told he is under investigation.
(c) He is given compliments.
(d) He is chastised.

4. What does Edna threaten to do if Joe does not change his behavior?
(a) Buy herself a fancy new dress.
(b) Move in with her best friend.
(c) Get a job at a diner.
(d) Run away with an old boyfriend.

5. What is the relationship of the main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Employer and employee.
(c) Waiter and customer.
(d) Brother and sister.

6. In Scene 2, what does Joe find when he arrives home from work at the end of the day?
(a) A new couch and chair.
(b) The police waiting to arrest him.
(c) An old friend who had come to visit.
(d) A living room without furniture.

7. What are the professions of the two main characters?
(a) Dental assistant and manager.
(b) Doctor and hospital administrator.
(c) Cab driver and union leader.
(d) Lab assistant and industrialist.

8. Who is the "top man" behind workers?
(a) The man in the White House.
(b) Management.
(c) The boss and his executives.
(d) Union representatives.

9. Who is referred to as having "more guts than a slaughter house?"
(a) Lefty.
(b) Joe
(c) Fatt.
(d) The Gunman.

10. Who has ordered the research in Laboratory A?
(a) Private industry.
(b) A philantropy organization.
(c) A local research hospital.
(d) Uncle Sam.

11. Who helps Joe overcome his fear of fighting for a living wage and make up his mind?
(a) Lefty.
(b) His wife.
(c) Miller.
(d) Sol Feinberg.

12. What is the last action in Scene 3?
(a) Miller storms out of the office.
(b) Miller finally agrees to spy on his supervisor.
(c) Miller punches Fayette in the nose.
(d) Fayette throws Miller out of the office.

13. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To play a game of cards.
(b) To talk about a strike.
(c) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(d) To listen to sports on radio.

14. What reasons does Joe give for not making more money?
(a) Competition and bad weather.
(b) Conditions and no work.
(c) Conditions and competition.
(d) Recent illness and bad weather.

15. What does Edna think about strikes?
(a) She's not sure.
(b) Strikes can work.
(c) Strikes are too risky.
(d) Strikes do not work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the workers demand from the union leader?

2. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?

3. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?

4. Who is the first character to speak in the play?

5. How does Miller initially feel about the new job assignment?

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