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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sam describe Jessie?
(a) He says she was always tired.
(b) He says she was beautiful.
(c) He says she was a charming woman.
(d) He says she was unfriendly.

2. Where did Sam get some cigars?
(a) From a tobacco store
(b) From a friend
(c) From a fellow worker with a new baby
(d) From an American fare

3. To whom does Max compare Sam?
(a) Joey
(b) MacGregor
(c) Himself (Max)
(d) Lenny

4. How many women appear onstage in the play?
(a) Three
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) None

5. What reason does Sam give for believing that he is the best at his job?
(a) He asks questions.
(b) He works harder than anyone else.
(c) He doesn't make mistakes.
(d) He doesn't take liberties.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Teddy and Ruth come downstairs and Max sees them for the first time, what does he want to know?

2. Aside from Teddy's education, why does Lenny say he envies Teddy?

3. When Max realizes that Teddy and Ruth are not going to be thrown out of his house, what does Max do?

4. When Sam comes in from the kitchen, what emotion of Sam's does Max say he doesn't understand?

5. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?

(see the answer key)

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