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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. How does Paulina feel about the possibility of these people going to trial?
(a) Confused.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Angry.

2. What happens after Gerardo and Paulina go to bed?
(a) Someone drives up, gets out of a car, and knocks on the door.
(b) The phone rings.
(c) They fall asleep with the light on.
(d) The water pipe in the bath breaks.

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

4. What does Roberto say he enjoys when his wife and children are away?
(a) Drinking a whole bottle of scotch.
(b) Solitude.
(c) His poker buddies.
(d) Staying up all night watching movies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what has Gerardo just been appointed?

2. Who is the first person on the stage when the play opens?

3. What does Paulina tie to the chair?

4. What does Gerardo call their argument?

5. What happens to Gerardo's car?

(see the answer key)

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