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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (through page 156).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the play's prologue, Mother asks about what, regarding Thomas?
(a) His training.
(b) His wife.
(c) His education.
(d) His wound and heroism.

2. In Scene 2 of the play,Thomas approaches a limping Soldier wearing a worn Union uniform. Called back to active duty, the Soldier seeks to sell four months' worth of future pay for what?
(a) A drink of water.
(b) A train ticket to see his family.
(c) A week's worth of food.
(d) Three months' worth of cash for his family.

3. Using only the newspapers of the day, what is Oscar showing?
(a) His play is worthy of being made into a film.
(b) The movie is an exact making of his play.
(c) His father will never care about him, unless he becomes famous with his play.
(d) The blossoming of greed and corruption that will create modern America.

4. Today's newspaper implicates what about the producer, Kiester?
(a) The Civil War film is his first.
(b) He is an award-winning producer.
(c) He adopted deceptive practices in making his previous blockbuster, Uburubu.
(d) He had used Oscar's script to create his movie.

5. Basie finds dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice familiar, and Oscar says it is from what?
(a) Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.
(b) Plato's Republic.
(c) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
(d) Shakespeare's Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Basie remarks on the house's value. How does Oscar reply?

2. What does this travel north end for Thomas?

3. Harry warns of the risk and cost of contesting what?

4. Oscar seats a guest, Harold Basie, in Grandfather's chair and asks him to do what?

5. Harry hopes once Szyrk is reversed, what will happen?

(see the answer key)

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