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

2. Who is knocking at the door?
(a) Paulina's mother.
(b) Gerardo's sister.
(c) Roberto Miranda.
(d) A policeman.

3. When Paulina exits Roberto's room, what does she do?
(a) Wipes up blood from her shoes.
(b) Cooks breakfast.
(c) Calls the police.
(d) Locks Gerardo in his room.

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

5. What does Gerardo call their argument?
(a) An absurd discussion.
(b) Verbal abuse.
(c) A prelude to love.
(d) They are not arguing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invites the person in the car in for a drink?

3. What does Paulina tie to the chair?

4. Who will preside over the trials?

5. What does Gerardo do to calm Paulina?

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