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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what town is the play set?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) East Hampton, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Concord, Massachusetts.
2. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?
(a) He is the same.
(b) He is who he has always been.
(c) He has changed.
(d) He is himself.
3. Henry returns to his jail cell. What is Bailey happily doing?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Talking to Sam.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Practicing writing his name.
4. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?
(a) The people outside.
(b) The jailer.
(c) Bailey, his cellmate.
(d) The birds on the clock tower.
5. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) Ellen does not love John as he thought.
(b) His rowing scares Ellen.
(c) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(d) Ellen rejects him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Henry not hug Ellen?
2. Waldo, who is clearly quite old, is losing his senses, mistakes what for a person?
3. Henry mocks Ball by telling his students to prevent all their senses from experiencing life so that they can all focus solely on what?
4. What does Henry note that people must do, regarding books?
5. Whose nightmare of Henry being arrested has come true?
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