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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, what prop does the Radical present to the Policeman?
(a) A toy dagger.
(b) A small American flag.
(c) A toy gun.
(d) A white flag.

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, to what does Garth attribute his father's fears?
(a) The cost of repairs.
(b) The weather.
(c) The bill collector.
(d) Miriamne's absence.

4. Who sent Garth a letter?
(a) Miriamne.
(b) Trock.
(c) Esdras.
(d) A lawyer.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, why are both Trock and Garth unhappy?
(a) Miriamne refuses to go back to school.
(b) Esdras is ill.
(c) Shadow is sick.
(d) Someone is looking into Romagna's case.

6. What belief does Trock have about the local authorities?
(a) They are all liars.
(b) Only those who can be bribed can be trusted.
(c) They want him back in prison.
(d) He no longer cares about authority.

7. In Act 1, Scene 3, who begins to defend the Policeman?
(a) Miriamne.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Mio.
(d) Judge Gaunt.

8. In Act 1, Scene 1, what do Trock and Shadow do when they see Lucia?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They stroll closer to listen.
(c) They call out to him.
(d) They leave.

9. Where is Act 1, Scene 3 set?
(a) On top of the bridge.
(b) On the roof of the tenement building.
(c) In a basement apartment near the bridge.
(d) On the banks of a river under a bridge.

10. Why does Trock shout in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He is startled by Shadow's entrance.
(b) He is raging against love.
(c) He sees what he thinks is a ghost.
(d) He is railing against stupidity.

11. In Act 1, Scene 2, which character did Trock come to visit?
(a) Garth.
(b) Miriamne.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Esdras.

12. In Act 1, Scene 3, who slips into the crowd with the Two Young Men?
(a) Trock.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Mio.
(d) Garth.

13. What would Garth like to teach?
(a) Art.
(b) Violin lessons.
(c) Piano lessons.
(d) Elementary school.

14. Who murdered a man during a robbery?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Garth.
(c) Trock.
(d) Esdras.

15. What offense is the Radical accused of committing?
(a) Speaking without a flag.
(b) Assaulting an officer.
(c) Disturbing the peace.
(d) Inciting a riot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "the doc at the gate?"

2. What does Gaunt ask the Tramp?

3. Why does Trock fear death?

4. Whom does the Radical accuse of capitalist oppression?

5. In Act 1, Scene 3, who ends up angering the Policeman?

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