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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip employ as a winning strategy when he tells Mollie that he will die if she leaves him?
(a) A bribery mechanism
(b) A moral obligation
(c) An ultimatum
(d) A guilt mechanism

2. What gift does Philip give Paris for his forgotten birthday?
(a) A hand carved chess set
(b) A hand carved statue
(c) A hand carved chest
(d) A hand carved toy box

3. According to John, what is someone hurting your feelings the square root of?
(a) Anger
(b) Sin
(c) Death
(d) Love

4. Why has Mollie been awake instead of sleeping when the play opens?
(a) She was arguing with her ex-husband
(b) She has been discussing plans with her new tenant John
(c) She was preparing a stew
(d) She was consoling Sister

5. What does Philip want more than anything else after he returns from the sanatorium?
(a) To further develop the farm
(b) To re-marry Mollie
(c) To have more children
(d) To feel and live again

Short Answer Questions

1. When do John and Philip first meet?

2. How is Mollie mentally affected by Philip's emotional outbursts?

3. What quality does Mollie possess that Sister does not and is the reason why Sister remains single?

4. Who does Philip primarily blame for his emotional angst?

5. What does John ask Mollie when he meets up with her in the house?

(see the answer key)

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