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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom claims in Act I Scene 1 that without something to fight for, you are what?
(a) Dead.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Passive.
(d) Bored.

2. What refers to a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like?
(a) Fable.
(b) Law.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Truth.

3. What beverages are Tom, Catherine, Hovstad, and Captain Horster drinking when Tom's eldest child enters in Act I Scene 1?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Hot toddies.
(d) Martinis.

4. Catherine is concerned that what will suffer if Tom has a public fight with Peter in Act I Scene 2?
(a) The Institute.
(b) The town.
(c) The family.
(d) The environment.

5. Who sent Tom a letter in Act I Scene 1?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) The federal government.
(c) The local university lab.
(d) A childhood friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act I Scene 2, Tom explains that there is no what but simply a scientific report?

2. In Act I Scene 1, Tom announces that the baths which were so costly to develop are a what?

3. What occupant of the town is the commander of a ship which travels all over the world?

4. Hovstad connects everything that's wrong with the town on what?

5. After Peter leaves in Act I Scene 2, Catherine reminds Tom that Peter has what?

(see the answer key)

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