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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary technique does Kopit use in the final few lines of Scene 1?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Irony.
(d) Foreshadowing.

2. What object are the men moving into the hotel room?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A television.
(d) A trunk.

3. Why does Jonathan draw Xs in Scene 1?
(a) He likes to doodle.
(b) He didn't understand his mother.
(c) He is being rebellious.
(d) He is making a map.

4. What does Jonathan's relationship with his mother seem to be like?
(a) Caring.
(b) Mutually loving.
(c) Kind and cordial.
(d) Passive-aggressive.

5. What does Madame Rosepettle's piranha eat?
(a) Salad.
(b) Shrimp.
(c) Steak.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who scolds the men in the hotel room?

2. How are the men described as they try to figure out what to do with the object?

3. On the surface, how is Madame Rosepettle defined?

4. What type of room do the men enter as they are coming into the hotel room?

5. Why does Madame Rosepettle complain to the bellboys about her piranha?

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