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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Robert sitting at the beginning of the play?
(a) On a fence.
(b) Chair.
(c) Log.
(d) Footstool.

2. Who says Andrew is a born farmer while talking after dinner?
(a) Mrs. Mayo.
(b) Mr. Mayo.
(c) Dick Scott.
(d) Robert.

3. What is Robert in search of during the sea voyage?
(a) Wide open spaces.
(b) Property.
(c) Money.
(d) Long lost cousin.

4. What does Robert say to Ruth about why he has to leave?
(a) He hates being around his dad.
(b) The farm is too small a world.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) He wants to get away from her.

5. What excuse does Ruth use as the reason she has to stay on the farm?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert point to in the sky at the end of the Act 1, Scene1?

2. Where does Robert bring Mrs. Atkins after dinner?

3. What is the setting of Act I, Scene 2?

4. What is one opportunity that Andrew says Robert will have by going on the sea voyage?

5. When Robert is a child, what does he look at and get to know by heart?

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