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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Garth defend himself against Trock's accusations?
(a) He reminds Trock who is the leader.
(b) He lists all the things he has done for Trock.
(c) He points out that he destroyed the letter.
(d) He points out that Romagna is already dead.

2. Why does Trock fear death?
(a) He is too young to die.
(b) His father died before he had a chance to really live.
(c) He has no faith.
(d) He knows he would be executed if sent back to prison.

3. What instrument does Lucia play?
(a) A piano.
(b) A flute.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A violin.

4. What is Mio's purpose in life?
(a) To prove his father's innocence.
(b) To keep his father's identity safe.
(c) To confront the man who murdered his father.
(d) To find his father.

5. Where does Garth tell Miriamne to go in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Away.
(b) To school.
(c) Into her bedroom.
(d) To the store.

6. What does Mio believe the police know about his father?
(a) His location.
(b) He is still in hiding.
(c) He was innocent.
(d) Nothing.

7. Who is sitting alone at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Esdras.
(b) Garth.
(c) Miriamne.
(d) Trock.

8. How does Trock respond to Shadow's concern in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Insanity is only a state of mind.
(b) His gun is his right hand.
(c) Those who would imprison him should fear for their lives.
(d) Shadow should mind his own business.

9. Who is "the doc at the gate?"
(a) The doorman of the apartment.
(b) Saint Peter.
(c) The physician at the local hospital.
(d) The prison doctor.

10. How does Shadow describe Trock in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The most fascinating and annoying person he knows.
(b) A real pip.
(c) As a true friend.
(d) As the skinny kind that lives forever.

11. What did Garth do to the letter?
(a) He tore it up.
(b) He flushed it down the commode.
(c) He burned it.
(d) He hid it under his mattress.

12. Who does Esdras bring into the apartment?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Judge Gaunt.
(c) Carr.
(d) Lucia.

13. Why does Shadow think Trock should be "full of high thought?"
(a) He is a role model.
(b) He just got out of prison.
(c) His health is not good.
(d) Thoughts indicate a person's state of mind.

14. How is Miriamne related to Garth?
(a) She is Garth's sister.
(b) She is Garth's cousin.
(c) She and Garth are lovers.
(d) She is Garth's fiancée.

15. What does Gaunt ask the Tramp?
(a) If he has seen Esdras.
(b) For the time.
(c) The name of the street.
(d) If he has seen Garth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 1, where are the Two Young Men?

2. Where does Lucia imagine Trock was raised?

3. How does Lucia describe Trock and Shadow in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Whom does the Radical accuse of capitalist oppression?

5. What does Carr whistle as the crowd disperses in Act 1, Scene 3?

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