The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail | Multiple Choice Test Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

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Multiple Choice - Act 1

1. What is the setting for the beginning of the play?
a) A school.
b) Walden Pond.
c) Long Island Sound.
d) A jail cell in the center of the stage.

2. In what town is the play set?
a) Providence, Rhode Island.
b) East Hampton, New York.
c) Boston, Massachusetts.
d) Concord, Massachusetts.

3. Why is the lighting on the empty areas of the set weak?
a) To suggest winter.
b) To suggest old age.
c) To suggest a dream.
d) The lights are broken.

4. Who is the old man who enters with his wife? (read more)