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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marlene work?
(a) An insurance agency.
(b) A tecnology company.
(c) An employment agency.
(d) At a college.

2. Which character does not have a dead lover?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Nijo.
(d) Pope Joan.

3. Which character's children were taken away and never returned?
(a) Griselda.
(b) Nijo.
(c) Joan.
(d) Marlene.

4. How does Nijo relate to Gret?
(a) She, too, had a relationship with an emperor.
(b) She took the same journey.
(c) She, too, beat up her oppressor.
(d) She, too, was sitting quietly at the table all night.

5. Why did Nijo take the course in life she did?
(a) To deepen her studies.
(b) To repent for a life of sin.
(c) To see the world's beauties.
(d) To escape a repressive government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Griselda accept Walter's tests of her love?

2. What does Marlene order to drink at the restaurant as the play opens?

3. Which topic of conversation is not mentioned in the beginning of the play?

4. By the end of Act 1, Part 3, which woman's story seems the least probable or realistic?

5. Which new guest arrives during Act 1, Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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