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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. How does Miriamne know about the letter?
(a) She found it on the floor of Garth's room.
(b) It fell as she was making Garth's bed.
(c) She saw the pieces in the trash can.
(d) She fished it out of the commode.

2. What claim does Garth make about his future in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He wants to leave his life of crime behind him.
(b) He would like to be a teacher.
(c) He wants revenge.
(d) The end is near.

3. In Act 1, Scene 3, who calls Miriamne back into the apartment?
(a) Garth.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Piny.
(d) Trock.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 2, where has Garth been for three days?

2. What does Trock ask both Esdras and Miriamne to do in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

4. Who enters the room with Trock in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who whispers about Miriamne behind her back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mio visit the apartment in the beginning of Act 2?

2. Why doesn't the Policeman find Shadow's body in Act 2?

3. Why does Mio pray for Esdras in Act 3?

4. Why do the Policeman and the Radical argue in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What advice does Mio offer Miriamne in Act 1, Scene 3?

6. How has Professor Hobhouse unnerved both Trock and Garth?

7. How does Judge Gaunt react to Mio's death threat in the beginning of Act 2?

8. Why does Mio feel he is about to die in Act 3?

9. In Act 1, Scene 1, how does Lucia view Trock and Shadow?

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

(see the answer keys)

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