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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Sid compare himself to?
(a) A snake.
(b) A pig.
(c) A rat.
(d) A dog.

2. How does Fatt plan to convince the workers that strikes don't work?
(a) Present experience as evidence.
(b) Pass out copies of the Philadelphia report.
(c) Give a persuasive speech.
(d) Read them the latest edition of the newspaper.

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

4. What is the reason Dr. Barnes gives Benjamin for closing his ward?
(a) Budget deficit.
(b) Loss of staff.
(c) Change in services.
(d) Inadequate number of patients.

5. Why is Benjamin upset when he first arrives at Dr. Barnes' office?
(a) Dr. Barnes stopped him from going on vacation.
(b) He does not want to do the assigned operation.
(c) He has been replaced in surgery by an incompetent doctor.
(d) The board turned down his raise.

6. What unflattering terms does Dr. Barnes use to describe the board?
(a) Slops and vermin.
(b) Vermin and toads.
(c) Fossils and slops.
(d) Fossils and microbes.

7. What does the Voice say is growing on the family tree?
(a) Apples.
(b) Gum.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Figs.

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

9. How is the girl like Miller from Scene 3?
(a) She just lost her job.
(b) She does not smoke or drink.
(c) She works in a laboratory.
(d) She just got a raise.

10. What is the setting of Scene 6?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Fancy office.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Laboratory.

11. How does the speaker approach the workers?
(a) As a member of management.
(b) With wit and calmness.
(c) As one of them.
(d) As an arrogant know-it-all.

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

13. What makes the speaker different from other workers?
(a) He used to have Lefty's position.
(b) He worked in Pittsburgh.
(c) He participated in the Philadelphia strike.
(d) His family is from Philadelphia.

14. In what year does Scene 4 occur?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1935.

15. What is Clayton's reaction to the workers' rejection of him?
(a) He accepts the rejection.
(b) He becomes defensive.
(c) He leaves the meeting.
(d) It confuses him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the hack feel about his girl?

2. In Scene 5, what city does Fatt want the workers to hear about?

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

4. Where does Benjamin think about practicing socialized medicine?

5. Who are the hack and his girl?

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