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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. About what does Jerry wonder why Peter did not ask?
(a) His children.
(b) The picture frames.
(c) His parents.
(d) The pornographic cards.

2. Who owns the dog that Jerry can't stand?
(a) A neighbor down the street
(b) His aunt
(c) Peter
(d) The landlady

3. Who wears tweeds and smokes a pipe?
(a) Peter
(b) Both
(c) Neither
(d) Jerry

4. From where did Jerry walk to get to the park?
(a) From Grand Central
(b) From the Met
(c) From Washington Square
(d) From the Stock Market

5. What does Jerry say his landlady drinks in the afternoon?
(a) Beer
(b) Tea
(c) Lemon flavored gin
(d) Vodka

Short Answer Questions

1. Jerry has two pictures frames. What's odd about this?

2. Who says that he has seen 'those cards'?

3. How does Jerry 'know' Peter's answer to the question about having more kids?

4. What is the person living next to Jerry always doing?

5. Peter carries no more than ________ with him at any time.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerry begin to worry about after he wonders if Peter will tell him to get married and have parakeets?

2. What does Peter answer when Jerry asks him if he has children?

3. What does Jerry buy? What does he do with it?

4. What does Jerry do to Peter at this point in the play? What is Peter's reaction?

5. Describe the characters at the rooming house.

6. What does Jerry do when he sees the dog when he gets back to the rooming house?

7. What is the title of the long monologue that Jerry breaks out into?

8. What does Jerry do to harm the dog?

9. How does the play open?

10. How does Jerry react when he tells Peter of his epiphany?

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