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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character joins the first character after the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?
(a) Claire.
(b) Harry.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Anthony.

2. What does Claire try to explain to the first house guest?
(a) The effects of the blizzard on the greenhouse.
(b) Why the pepper is missing.
(c) The significance of the greenhouse plants.
(d) Why the salt is missing.

3. What is the first thing the audience sees in Act 1?
(a) An unusual-looking plant.
(b) A greenhouse.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A blizzard.

4. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Claire's sister.
(b) Harry and Claire's daughter.
(c) Claire's daughter from a previous marriage.
(d) Harry's daughter from a previous marriage.

5. Why is there no heat in the house, even though the greenhouse is warm?
(a) Harry ordered the heat from the house to be diverted to the greenhouse.
(b) Claire ordered the heat from the house to be diverted to the greenhouse.
(c) The greenhouse retains heat better than the house does.
(d) The furnace is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Tom and Dick?

2. What is the one item that stands out in the greenhouse?

3. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?

4. Which best describes the number of plants in the greenhouse?

5. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?

(see the answer key)

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