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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?
(a) The Great Wars
(b) The Italian Renaissance Wars
(c) The Korean Wars
(d) The Macedonian Wars

2. Who tells Nora that she can’t sing or carry a tune in Act I?
(a) Eugene Jerome
(b) Kate Jerome
(c) Blanche Morton
(d) Laurie Morton

3. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?
(a) In two months
(b) A week from Monday
(c) In three weeks
(d) A week from Thursday

4. Kate tells her sister in Act I to stop sewing because she’s been doing it since what time this morning?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

5. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?
(a) The Super Bowl
(b) The World Series
(c) The Major Leagues
(d) The Heisman Trophy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate tell Laurie to set out for the dinner table in Act I?

2. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?

3. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?

4. What are the names of Kate’s brothers whom she says drove her mother crazy as they were growing up in Act I?

5. What is the name of the Broadway musical Nora says she’s going to be cast in, in Act I?

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