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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna tell Joe to do to help improve the financial situation?
(a) Take action against the bosses.
(b) Sell his car to a friend.
(c) Get a second job.
(d) Borrow a loan from a family member.

2. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Fayette and Siegfried.
(b) Miller and Fayette.
(c) Siegfried and Miller.
(d) Miller and Fatt.

3. What is the role of the character chewing on a toothpick?
(a) To maintain order.
(b) To get the minutes approved.
(c) To keep score for the game.
(d) To bring food.

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

5. Who are the two Hollywood stars imitated by the buying public?
(a) Gable and Garbo.
(b) Monroe and Miller.
(c) Cosby and Gibson.
(d) Crawford and Garbo.

6. What is Joe paying his dues to?
(a) The country club.
(b) A Masonic order.
(c) A union.
(d) The Rotary Club.

7. What two unions have failed at past strikes?
(a) Textile and taxi drivers.
(b) Textile and steel.
(c) Teamsters and canners.
(d) Dock and auto workers.

8. Who is the first character to speak in the play?
(a) Joe.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Benjamin.

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

10. Who does Joe call a Wop?
(a) Himself.
(b) Lefty.
(c) The Voice.
(d) Fatt.

11. What does Fatt do to send the Gunman back to his original position?
(a) He asks the workers to sit down.
(b) He waves his hand.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He tells the Gunman to let the character speak.

12. How is Fatt described?
(a) A round guy with piggy appearance.
(b) A red-faced porker.
(c) A fat man with puffy cheeks.
(d) A fat man of porcine appearance.

13. What do the hackers need to do to be successful?
(a) Meet behind closed doors and make a plan.
(b) Stand up like men and fight for their families.
(c) Pay off the union leaders.
(d) Send the Gunman out of the meeting hall.

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

15. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?
(a) Fair.
(b) Derogatory.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Sympathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the smoker and drinker in Scene 3?

2. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?

3. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?

4. What reasons does Joe give for not making more money?

5. What does Joe and Edna's daughter Emmy need before going to school the next day?

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