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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna fear will happen to the kids' bodies if they don't eat better?
(a) Crooked spines and swollen legs.
(b) Colds and club feet.
(c) Underweight and weak bones.
(d) Sick bones and crooked spines.

2. What makes Miller especially vulnerable to exploitation?
(a) He earned his degree in a foreign country.
(b) He is too agreeable.
(c) He is a foreigner.
(d) He does not write well.

3. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?
(a) It prepares the United States for future wars.
(b) It protects soldiers fighting in the current war.
(c) It is just regular research and not that important.
(d) It saves lives from disease.

4. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?
(a) Makes them members of the workers' committee.
(b) Reveals each one slowly as the "voice."
(c) Blacklists them for expulsion from the union.
(d) Has them all speak in Scene 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edna react to Joe's attempts at affection?

2. Who is the president as named in this scene?

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

4. In Scene 3, what changes the employee's mind about the new work assignment?

5. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Odets forewarn the audience of Lefty's death?

2. What, if anything, justifies Fatt's use of a spy to avoid a strike?

3. What are some of the reasons that Fayette selects Miller for the new project?

4. What contributes to Dr. Barnes' deep anger about rich men taking away his power to influence medical care? How does he express it?

5. What is the mood of the workers?

6. Is Florence right to put the family ahead of what she wants? Why or why not?

7. How does the cry to strike become a battle cry?

8. How does Fatt try to convince the workers not to take action?

9. What are the first indications that Joe and Edna are having financial problems?

10. Is Miller's use of violence against Fayette an acceptable response to being fired?

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