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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the financial status of the patient under discussion?
(a) Her insurance will not pay for everything.
(b) She is a charity case.
(c) She belongs to one of the richest families.
(d) She is middle class.

2. How does Dr. Barnes feel about the way the board treats Benjamin?
(a) Nonchalant.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Rebellious.

3. Why does the Voice correct Fatt's mileage estimate?
(a) He just likes to talk.
(b) To discredit what Fatt says.
(c) To support Fatt.
(d) To get the workers' attention.

4. What metaphor for time does Clayton use to discourage a strike?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Roasting nuts.
(c) Unripe fruit.
(d) Basting meat.

5. Where does Benjamin think about practicing socialized medicine?
(a) Cuba.
(b) China.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

6. What is one of the rewards Sam can expect for fighting in the war?
(a) He can work wherever he wants.
(b) Girls will think he's special.
(c) He becomes a hero.
(d) He gets to play basketball.

7. Why would the workers not want to listen to Clayton?
(a) The workers want to hear someone else speak.
(b) The workers are ready to go home.
(c) He doesn't seem to know much about strikes.
(d) He is brought before them by Fatt.

8. How does the girl feel about the hack?
(a) He is okay but not all that wonderful.
(b) She is always angry with him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She puts up with him because her mom likes him.

9. What does Irv think of Florence?
(a) She is easy to get along with.
(b) She is mature for her age.
(c) She might be pregnant.
(d) She is an immature kid.

10. What factors limit Dr. Barnes' employment options?
(a) Work ethic and alcoholism.
(b) Indebtedness and medical competence.
(c) His age and invalid daughter.
(d) Age and ethnicity.

11. How does Benjamin's unexpected job loss affect his understanding of the world?
(a) He realizes he has a responsibility to change the world.
(b) It is just another bad day for him.
(c) He understands he is powerless to change the world.
(d) His understanding remains unchanged.

12. Where do Florence and Sid get the scene they act out?
(a) A high school play.
(b) The dialogue in a book.
(c) From the movies.
(d) A radio program.

13. In Scene 5, what does Fatt suggest the workers do instead of complain?
(a) Go home and think about striking overnight.
(b) Accept whatever he tells them.
(c) Consider the records of taxi cab strikes in other cities.
(d) Read the newspapers.

14. From what location does the Voice challenge Clayton?
(a) From his chair in the audience.
(b) From the stage next to speaker.
(c) On his way out the door.
(d) From the stage next to Fatt.

15. What does Sid mean by "backwash" if he and Florence married?
(a) The families would benefit from the marriage.
(b) Everything would work out okay.
(c) The marriage would negatively affect the families.
(d) The families would back them up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of health of Florence's mother?

2. How is the girl like Miller from Scene 3?

3. Who does Fatt ask to stop the talkative Voice?

4. Who initiates the meeting between Dr. Barnes and Benjamin?

5. How does the hack feel about his girl?

(see the answer keys)

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