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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Gerardo and Roberto joke?
(a) Never understanding women.
(b) A show they both saw on Broadway.
(c) The reason for the formation of the commission.
(d) Getting a flat tire with no jack available.

2. Who's is unconscious?
(a) Gerardo.
(b) Roberto.
(c) No one.
(d) The old, sick dog.

3. What does Paulina drag out of the guest bedroom?
(a) A body.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) The small bedside table.

4. Who will preside over the trials?
(a) Judges, who were also presiding over courts during the dictatorship.
(b) A people's rights group.
(c) Three lawyers who are coming out of exile.
(d) A trial judge from the United States.

5. What does Roberto say is the real reason he stopped back at Gerardo's home?
(a) To ask if Paulina could meet with his wife.
(b) To demand his jack back.
(c) To congratulate Gerardo on his appointment.
(d) To see if he could stay the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerardo's feelings in his offer of friendship with Roberto?

2. Who is the first character on the stage in this scene?

3. How does Gerardo respond to the offer of the appointment?

4. What does Roberto probably believe about the commission?

5. What has been offered to past political criminals?

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