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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the surface, how is Madame Rosepettle defined?
(a) Clean and smooth.
(b) Soft and warm.
(c) Ugly and demanding.
(d) Beautiful and extravagant.

2. What is Madame Rosepettle eager to teach her son about?
(a) Her ways of earning money.
(b) Not to care about people in the service industry.
(c) Diverse cultures.
(d) Their family.

3. On what does Jonathan draw Xs in Scene 1?
(a) His mother's handkerchief.
(b) The bedspread.
(c) Paper.
(d) His hand.

4. How does Jonathan treat the bellboys?
(a) He does not interact with them at all.
(b) Harshly.
(c) As if they are invisible.
(d) Kindly.

5. Who stands up for himself in the first act?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) The third bellboy.
(c) Commodore Roseabove.
(d) Albert Rosepettle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Madame Rosepettle say she received the best treatment?

2. What literary technique does Kopit use in the final few lines of Scene 1?

3. When Madame Rosepettle asks Jonathan to do something, what does he do?

4. What does Madame Rosepettle ask the bellboys about in the harbor?

5. What word can describe the object the men are moving into the hotel room at the beginning of the play?

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