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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what school does Benjamin first experience discrimination?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Washington University.

2. How does Fatt try to quiet the Voice?
(a) Bangs his gavel.
(b) Held up his hand.
(c) Challenges his right to speak.
(d) Tells Gunman to stop him.

3. What upsets Benjamin most about the hospital's politics?
(a) Treating poor people differently.
(b) The way he is insulted.
(c) Leed's political connections.
(d) Dr. Barnes' lack of support.

4. What is the speaker's attitude toward Fatt?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Unsupportive.

5. Why does Benjamin choose not to leave the United States?
(a) He cannot get a passport.
(b) His wife does not want to leave her family.
(c) He wants to fight for workers' rights in the United States.
(d) He cannot afford to leave the country.

6. Why is Benjamin surprised by the board's discriminatory firing?
(a) He has gotten only excellent reviews in the past.
(b) Fellow Jews sit on the board.
(c) He thought Barnes would protect him.
(d) Rich Gentiles have accepted him in the past.

7. Why is Dr. Barnes upset at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) He lost money in a poker game the night before.
(b) His best worker just quit.
(c) He was outvoted by the board.
(d) He didn't have his morning drink.

8. What "complications" result in Benjamin's firing?
(a) The board makes a mistake.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) Benjamin punches a doctor.
(d) Benjamin complains to the board about closing the ward.

9. Who does Fatt ask to stop the talkative Voice?
(a) No one. He let him talk.
(b) His supporters in the audience.
(c) Gunman.
(d) Committee members.

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

11. What does the hack do for a living?
(a) Works as a butcher.
(b) Makes furniture out of wood.
(c) Performs surgery on animals.
(d) Drives a taxi cab.

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

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

14. Why is the hack judged so harshly by his girl's family?
(a) He does not act like a man.
(b) He barely makes a living.
(c) He has been mean to his girl in the past.
(d) He is arrogant.

15. What is Clayton's real family name?
(a) Clancy.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Barnes.
(d) Curtis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unflattering terms does Dr. Barnes use to describe the board?

2. Where do Florence and Sid get the scene they act out?

3. Where is the hack taking his girl?

4. What does Sid do while thinking about Florence before he sees her?

5. Why is Benjamin upset when he first arrives at Dr. Barnes' office?

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