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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Dodge hold in the family?
(a) Halie's lover
(b) Son and friend
(c) Father Drewis' partner
(d) Father and husband

2. Why does Halie say she didn't want Tilden not to go outside?
(a) Father Dewis will pray for him.
(b) Bradley will cut his hair.
(c) Dodge will hide from him.
(d) She doesn't want him to get wet in the rain.

3. Who are having an adulterous affair in the play?
(a) Halie and Tilden.
(b) Halie and and Dodge.
(c) Halie and Bradley.
(d) Halie and Father Drewis.

4. Whose betrayal started the total destruction of this family?
(a) Tilden's
(b) Bradley's
(c) Ansel's wife
(d) Halie's

5. What is a key factor that started the crack in Halie and Dodge's relationship?
(a) She loved to make quilts.
(b) She had a very good herb garden.
(c) Halie went from the city life full of activity to an isolated life on the farm.
(d) She grew flowers like everyone in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a drunken, ill, argumentative old man?

2. What seemed to be just below the surface of this family's relationship?

3. Where did Bradley go, only to return emotionally broken?

4. What did Sam Shepherd chose a farm as the setting of this play?

5. Who was an all-American halfback with a bright future ahead of them?

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