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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sister work?
(a) In the schoolhouse
(b) As a baker
(c) In the library
(d) In the hospital

2. What does Sister assure Philip will happen if he calms himself from the fight with Mollie and just comes back home?
(a) He could write in peace and quite
(b) He would make sound decisions
(c) He would regain mental clarity
(d) He might fall in love with another woman

3. What does John talk about that brightens the mood of both Mollie and Paris?
(a) The love and support of Sister
(b) The fate of the farm
(c) Their new house and life together
(d) The memory of Philip

4. What has Philip taken with him in the early morning after asking Paris to come away with him?
(a) The car
(b) A gun
(c) Mollie
(d) Paris

5. Why does Philip need Paris to accompany him?
(a) To make his mother worry
(b) To soothe him from fear
(c) As payback to Mollie
(d) To save him from himself

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story that John tells when relating to Paris's story regarding his father?

2. Why does Mollie hold her new lover at bay with her affections?

3. What does John confess his ex-wife did that destroyed their marriage and John's faith in marriage?

4. What does Philip believe his artistic brilliance to be?

5. Why do most of Philip's family members tend to forgive him, even though he is a violent and volatile man?

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