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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters the courtyard through an iron gate and moves quietly toward the man and watches him with mild amusement?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Julian.
(c) Miss Alice.
(d) The Cardinal.

2. What does Julian do as she beckons him to come to her?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He continues to plead for sacrifice.
(c) He crawls slowly to her.
(d) He runs away from her.

3. What is clear about what he is carrying?
(a) The lamp is very fragile.
(b) They are clearly quite heavy.
(c) They are old.
(d) It is a map of the town.

4. Not to be outdone, what does the second person sling back?
(a) Mud from the garden.
(b) The name the school children had for the lawyer, Hyena.
(c) Remarks about the lawyer's career.
(d) Comments about the lawyer's family.

5. What does Miss Alice recite?
(a) A scene from Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A poem she had written.
(c) Her wedding vows in the form of a poem.
(d) D.H. Lawrence's Love on the Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the butler feel about the encounter upon which he has stumbled?

2. What would Miss Alice like to do for the church?

3. What does the butler pretend?

4. Who does Julian say he found crying, "Help me, help me... help me, oh God, God, help me... oh help, help?"

5. How does the second person make his insult more insulting?

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