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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. What does the stage manager do before Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs leave the stage after the first scene?
(a) Thanks them.
(b) Pulls them away from each other.
(c) Begins to close the curtain.
(d) Shushes them.

2. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?
(a) Children learned to walk.
(b) Couples got married.
(c) Mountains eroded.
(d) Wars were waged.

3. What does Howie Newsome talk about in the street at the beginning of the second act?
(a) Simon Stimson's drunkeness.
(b) The higher prices of milk.
(c) Losing a great baseball player.
(d) The war.

4. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?
(a) If she is well-liked.
(b) If she is smart.
(c) If she seems happy.
(d) If she is pretty.

5. Why does Mrs. Webb panic when she sees George?
(a) He seems to be angry.
(b) She thinks something is wrong at the Gibbs's house.
(c) She is not fully dressed yet.
(d) He is not supposed to see Emily before the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?

2. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?

3. At the beginning of the play, what does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first comes out of her house?

4. What does the stage manager call the second act?

5. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees his daughter Emily on stage in the second scene?

(see the answer key)

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