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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Lucia tell Piny to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Pass the peas.
(b) Fetch the police.
(c) Look on the bright side.
(d) Ignore Trock.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, what item is in need of repair?
(a) The piano.
(b) The violin.
(c) The kitchen sink.
(d) The front door of the apartment.

6. What does Carr whistle as the crowd disperses in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Ode To Joy.
(b) The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(c) America the Beautiful.
(d) The Star Spangled Banner.

7. Which character's nosiness is annoying both Trock and Garth?
(a) Miriamne.
(b) Shadow.
(c) A university professor.
(d) Esdras.

8. What does Trock tell Shadow will happen in six months?
(a) The world will end.
(b) He will be tried for murder.
(c) He will get married.
(d) He will die.

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

10. What have the police told Lucia to stop doing?
(a) Playing his piano in the street.
(b) Giving the Tramp food.
(c) Speaking about politics on the street corner.
(d) Panhandling for money.

11. How do Trock and Shadow make Piny feel?
(a) Amused.
(b) Happy.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Confused.

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

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

14. What time of day does the play open?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Early morning.

15. What type of language is used in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Rhyming.
(c) French.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did Garth tell the truth about Romanga's case?

3. What has reportedly happened to Judge Gaunt?

4. In Act 1, Scene 3, who slips into the crowd with the Two Young Men?

5. In what month is Act 1, Scene 1 set?

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