Act II Review: Arsenic and Old Lace

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