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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the deed to the house come from?
(a) Max bought the house as a young man.
(b) It was a foreclosure.
(c) It was won in a poker game.
(d) It was an inheritance.

2. Shortly after his arrival at the family home, what does Teddy offer Ruth?
(a) Somewhere to change her clothes
(b) Some old photographs
(c) Something to eat and drink
(d) Some family heirlooms

3. What does Ruth dare Lenny to do?
(a) Sit on her lap and take a sip from a glass.
(b) Wake everyone up.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Tell her a secret.

4. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?
(a) His dead mother
(b) Joey
(c) His father
(d) Teddy

5. What does Lenny want Max to tell him?
(a) If his parents were trying to have a baby or if his conception was an accident
(b) Why he gets blamed for everything that happens
(c) Why no one would ever loan him any money
(d) If he was going to inherit the house someday

Short Answer Questions

1. After addressing Lenny's concern about not being able to sleep, who does Teddy ask Lenny about?

2. What does Sam say about Max wanting him out of the house?

3. How does Max taunt Joey?

4. What does Lenny say he did to the old woman instead of helping her?

5. Where did Sam get some cigars?

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