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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roberto probably believe about the commission?
(a) That they will be ineffective.
(b) That they will fail to carry out punishments.
(c) That they are just for show.
(d) That they will be hard-core.

2. What do the two men jest about as they say goodnight.
(a) About whether Paulina will know a strange man is sleeping in the house.
(b) Who will be exposed as former torturers.
(c) Finding the jack in the morning.
(d) Not sharing toothbrushes.

3. Where is the person in question #1 sitting?
(a) On the terrace.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the President's office.

4. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) Paulina Salas.
(c) Gerardo Escobar.
(d) No one invites the driver inside.

5. Why is it likely Paulina does not want to encounter Roberto?
(a) She cowers under the covers shaking.
(b) She does not go out to meet him when he comes in the house.
(c) She tells Gerardo to make him leave.
(d) She calls the police to have Roberto forcibly removed from her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do Gerardo and Roberto joke?

2. What happens to Gerardo's car?

3. What happened to the car's jack?

4. What does Gerardo's wife ask him?

5. What would be an accurate word to describe Paulina's past?

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