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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. Which character is accused of taking a "run-out powder?"
(a) Fatt.
(b) Miller.
(c) Joe.
(d) Lefty.

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

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

4. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To talk about a strike.
(b) To play a game of cards.
(c) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(d) To listen to sports on radio.

5. What is the setting of Scene 3?
(a) A luxurious office.
(b) The living room of a house.
(c) A neighborhood restaurant.
(d) A research laboratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially insists that the action of many can accomplish what one cannot?

2. What does a main character complain that the talk of Lefty has turned the meeting into?

3. What source is suggested as proof to backup Fatt's claims?

4. Who is referred to as having "more guts than a slaughter house?"

5. What does Joe initially think about strikes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Irv feels as a result of his behavior toward Florence?

2. What does Agate's dialogue about the union button imply?

3. What language does Clayton use that is reminiscent of Fatt's earlier speech?

4. Why is Benjamin coming to see Dr. Barnes?

5. How does the dialogue about smoking and drinking speak to the qualities of the two characters?

6. What do you think Sid and Florence feel by the end of Scene 4?

7. Is Fatt respected by the workers?

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

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

10. How does Scene 6 foreshadow what will happen to Benjamin?

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