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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Gerardo and Paulina frightened by a visitor in the middle of the night?
(a) Paulina's father died when he answered the door at night.
(b) They think Gerardo's sister is in the hospital.
(c) They are afraid Paulina's mother is hurt.
(d) It used to mean they might be arrested.

2. What do Gerardo and Paulina have with them on the terrace?
(a) A camera.
(b) An impartial witness.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A tape recorder.

3. What did the woman with whom Gerardo had an affair claim?
(a) That she was better for him than Paulina.
(b) That she was with the secret police.
(c) That she could help him find Paulina.
(d) That she had also been tortured.

4. What is Gerardo's feelings in his offer of friendship with Roberto?
(a) Confused by his wife's obvious hostility to Roberto.
(b) Hopeful that Roberto will join the commission.
(c) Manipulative because he suspects Roberto's past.
(d) Innocent of knowing anything about Roberto's past.

5. Where does Roberto say he has to go?
(a) To the bathroom.
(b) To his office to get his papers for accuracy.
(c) To pick his wife and children up at the airport.
(d) To work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roberto wish would happen to the people the commission ferrets out?

2. How does Paulina feel about the possibility of these people going to trial?

3. What is Paulina considering doing?

4. Who is the first person to speak in this scene?

5. What are some of the things Paulina mentions that she endured during torture?

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