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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hal unhappy with his own work?
(a) His work is brilliant, but no one will recognize it.
(b) He thinks his ideas are trivial, and his most creative days are behind him.
(c) He only wants to play drums in his band; the math stuff is just a day job.
(d) He has stolen all his ideas from a colleague, and feels guilty.

2. What has become Claire's fiance's new hobby?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Model airplane making.
(c) Miniature ship building.
(d) Knitting.

3. What does Claire want Catherine to do?
(a) Move to New York, where Claire can keep an eye on her.
(b) Go back to school in Chicago.
(c) Stay in the house where she and Robert lived.
(d) Go back to bed and rest.

4. What does Claire think Hal is to Catherine?
(a) She thinks he is her professor.
(b) She thinks he is her best friend.
(c) She thinks he is her boyfriend.
(d) She thinks he is a police officer.

5. Why is Hal at the house in Scene 1?
(a) He has been going on dates with Catherine.
(b) He has been going through Robert's notebooks.
(c) He has been working on a math problem.
(d) He has been fixing the heating system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Claire in town?

2. What fields did Robert, in his younger days, make significant contributions to, according to Hal?

3. How did Robert die?

4. How does Catherine treat the police officers?

5. Who interrupts Catherine and Robert's conversation?

(see the answer key)

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