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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Hildy tell Burns it cost him to get the full story of Williams' escape?
(a) Two hundred and sixty dollars.
(b) Three hundred and fifty dollars.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) Four hundred dollars

2. In response to the sheriff's threat, what does Hildy reveal as blackmail?
(a) The sheriff has been giving money to a librarian.
(b) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a librarian.
(c) The sheriff has been giving money to a waitress.
(d) The sheriff spent the night in a hotel with a waitress.

3. Who does Hildy throw the water on at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Burns.
(b) The guards.
(c) Murphy.
(d) The reporters.

4. What are several reporters doing when the play opens in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Telling jokes.
(b) Interviewing a suspect.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Playing poker.

5. Who was the only person to defend Williams at his trial?
(a) McCue.
(b) Mollie.
(c) Endicott.
(d) Burns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

2. What do the reporters tease Diamond Louie about in Act 1, Part 2?

3. After the fire alarm rings in Act 1, Part 1, why do the reporters ignore it?

4. The Front Page is set in the press room of which Chicago building?

5. What does Hildy do when Burns calls in Act 1, Part 4?

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