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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character surprises the cast with an appearance in Act 2?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Romanga.
(c) Trock.
(d) Shadow.

2. In Act 2, which character is a guest in the apartment?
(a) Judge Gaunt.
(b) Piny.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Lucia.

3. When Mio was four, where did he visit his father?
(a) On a farm.
(b) In a park.
(c) Near the river.
(d) In prison.

4. What does Miriamne offer Mio in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Directions to Judge Gaunt's office.
(b) Garth's letter.
(c) Her company on his wanderings.
(d) A hot meal.

5. Who picks up Trock's dropped gun?
(a) Mio.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Romanga.
(d) The Tramp.

6. Which character offers to guide Judge Gaunt to the transit terminal?
(a) Trock.
(b) Garth.
(c) Mio.
(d) Esdras.

7. Where is Act 2 set?
(a) On the banks of a river under a bridge.
(b) On the roof of the tenement building.
(c) In basement apartment near the bridge.
(d) On top of the bridge.

8. What animal does Mio compare himself to in Act 2?
(a) A bug.
(b) A lion.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A snake.

9. In Act 1, Scene 3, who follows Shadow as he exits?
(a) Mio.
(b) The Tramp.
(c) Two young men in blue serge.
(d) Trock.

10. Why didn't the Sergeant find Shadow's body in the room?
(a) Shadow is alive and hiding under the bed.
(b) Shadow died in the back hallway.
(c) Miriamne moved the body to the kitchen.
(d) Shadow crawled out the bathroom window.

11. What does Miriamne give Mio before he leaves in Act 2?
(a) The letter.
(b) Money.
(c) A slap.
(d) A hug.

12. What has Professor Hobhouse written?
(a) An article about Judge Gaunt.
(b) An article about Romagna's case.
(c) A play about the murder trial.
(d) A book about Romagna's case.

13. According to Mio, who destroyed his father?
(a) Trock.
(b) The Father of Lies.
(c) The world and society.
(d) Shadow.

14. At the end of Act 1, why does Mio remain outside after all the other characters have left?
(a) He has nowhere to go.
(b) He is waiting for Miriamne.
(c) He claims to have business in the neighborhood.
(d) He wants to see the body for himself.

15. According to Judge Gaunt's critics, which character should have been called as a witness in Romagna's trial?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Garth.
(c) Mio.
(d) Trock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miriamne's ethnic background?

2. Who does Trock want to drive home in a car?

3. In Act 2, why doesn't Trock leave in the rain?

4. What is Mio really searching for when he knocks on the apartment door in Chapter 2?

5. Why does Judge Gaunt offer Esdras money?

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