WorksheetsAct II Review: Arsenic and Old Lace
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where does Teddy invite Dr. Einstein to go at the beginning of Act II?
San Juan Hill
Japan
Panama
Which of the following happens when everyone “goes to bed”?
Teddy takes Mr. Hoskins to the cellar
Jonathan hides Mr. Spenalzo in the lab
Einstein performs plastic surgery on Jonathan’s face
How long are Abby and Martha willing to allow Jonathan and Einstein stay?
As long as they want
One night
One week
One hour
What is one of the things Jonathan and Einstein bring in through the window?
bird cage
medical instrument case
a typewritier
arsenic
Jonathan thinks he is playing a cruel joke on Abby and Martha by putting Mr. Spenalzo’s body down in the cellar. What he does not know is that there are eleven bodies buried there already.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Abby thinks it would be outrageous having people come in with one face and leave with a different one from Einstein’s plastic surgery clinic, but she thinks it is perfectly fine to poison lonely old men and bury them in the cellar.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Elaine is not worried about the insanity streak in the Brewster family and says that the aunties are the sanest, sweetest people she knows; what she does not know is that they have poisoned a number of elderly men.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
After Mortimer discovers that there is a different body in the window seat, he immediately assumes that Abby and Martha have poisoned another man; what he does not know is that it is Jonathan's victim Spenalzo.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
What shows that O’Hara is not fit for police work?
He fails to notice that Jonathan's face matches the man on the "WANTED" list at the station
He does not know how to write a parking ticket for Jonathan
He is more focused on writing a play than police work
He is easily tempted by the food offered by Abby and Martha than paying attention to the surroundings
He is not physically fit for the job
What are some of Jonathan's goals?
He has a change of heart and wants to take care of Abby and Martha
He plans to use Grandfather's laboratory as a plastic surgery clinic
He wants to bury Spenalzo in the cellar
He despises Mortimer and wants to break the body count tie by murdering him
He has fallen in love with Elaine and wants to marry her
The conflict between the aunties and Jonathan is about...
Staying up or going to bed
Leaving the Brewster home or staying
Moving Teddy to Happy Dale or not
Burying Spenalzo in the cellar with Hoskins
Sleeping upstairs or downstairs
The conflict between Mortimer and Jonathan is about...
Staying up or going to bed
Leaving the Brewster home or staying
Burying Spenalzo in the cellar with Hoskins
Sleeping upstairs or downstairs
