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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. In Act 1, Scene 3, who ends up angering the Policeman?
(a) Piny.
(b) Carr.
(c) Mio.
(d) Miriamne.

2. What does Piny sell?
(a) Apples.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Sweet pies.
(d) Coffee.

3. What does Lucia get to do "every day in every way?"
(a) Raise hell.
(b) Eat well.
(c) Make friends.
(d) Bring joy.

4. Why does Trock feel poisoned?
(a) Life is too short.
(b) His friends have abandoned him.
(c) His drink tastes odd.
(d) Prison life poisoned him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 2, which character did Trock come to visit?

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

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

4. What does Trock tell the Two Young Men to do in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What does Garth confess to Miriamne at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Miriamne's personal philosophy about truth?

2. What point does Esdras make about justice in his final monologue?

3. What information does Garth give Mio about his involvement with Romanga's case in the beginning of Act 2?

4. According to Mio, what destroyed his father?

5. Describe Lucia.

6. Why does Miriamne sit alone outside the apartment in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

7. In Act 1, Scene 1, how does Piny view Trock and Shadow?

8. What "business" does Mio have to take care of at the end of Act 1?

9. How does Miriamne attempt to cheer Mio after Judge Gaunt and Esdras leave the apartment in the middle of Act 2?

10. How is Trock surprised in Act 2?

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