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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Scenes 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the day of Scene 12?
(a) It is the first day of the film festival.
(b) It is the anniversary of the Philippine independence.
(c) It is Daisy Avila's birthday.
(d) It is Christmas.

2. What do Nestor and Barbara promise about the plot in Scene 2?
(a) The Marcos regime will fall.
(b) Someone will die.
(c) Love will blossom.
(d) Everyone will be okay.

3. What did Mallat measure during his time in the Philippines?
(a) The beaks of hummingbirds.
(b) The coastline.
(c) The natives' extremities.
(d) Orchid blooms.

4. In his soliloquy in Scene 16, what does Senator Avila beg his daughter to do?
(a) Leave Manila.
(b) Regain her senses.
(c) Die quietly.
(d) FInd love.

5. Which revolutionary European director hits on Joey in Scene 10?
(a) Truffaut.
(b) Goddard.
(c) Polanski.
(d) Fassbinder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ledesma rebuke Carreon in Scene 8?

2. What is Rio's father's new wife's claim to fame?

3. In Scene15, why does Leonor says she always prays?

4. What periodical does Jacob work for?

5. In Scene 11, what are most of the guerrillas' attitudes toward Joey?

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