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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. Where does Tony attend college?
(a) NYU.
(b) Cambridge University in England.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) Columbia University.

2. How does Alice feel about her family?
(a) She dreams of escaping their oddities.
(b) She is angry that they are not normal.
(c) She adores them in spite of their quirkiness.
(d) She is annoyed and embarrassed by their odd behavior.

3. Why does Alice declare this?
(a) Her relationship with Tony will work out after all.
(b) She loves her grandfather.
(c) Her family is not so strange afte rall.
(d) Her mother is so kind and thoughtful.

4. How does the reader or audience member know that this room serves more than one purpose?
(a) There is a counter and a cash register.
(b) With its eclectic elements, including live snakes, a xylophone, and a printing press.
(c) There are beds and multiple dresser drawers, showing it is a bedroom as well.
(d) Books and bookshelves line the walls of the room.

5. What must Alice and Tony do?
(a) Say goodbye and end their relationship.
(b) Face her family.
(c) Get packed to run away.
(d) Part for the evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening at the same time Alice and Tony are making declarations to one another?

2. How does Tony feel about Alice's family?

3. What is the purpose of the cluttered and chaotic living room of Grandpa Vanderhof?

4. From where do Paul Sycamore and Mr. DePinna emerge?

5. How does Mr. Henderson leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens before Tony and Alice part? What does this show about their relationship?

2. Why does Tony accept Alice's family?

3. Is Tony able to change Alice's mind? To what does Alice agree? Why does she change her mind?

4. How does Penny try to ease tension? Why does this not work?

5. What does Rheba recall? How does this information satisfy the audience?

6. Who is Essie Carmichael? What is she doing in this scene? How does she fit seamlessly into the Sycamore family?

7. What do these strangers uncover? To what does this lead?

8. What is Grandpa's philosophy on life? How does this relate to the title of the play?

9. What is ironic about Alice?

10. About what is "You Can't Take It With You?"

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