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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Artie and Echo's conversations limited?
(a) Dorothea would not allow them to talk on the phone.
(b) Dorothea interupted their phone conversations.
(c) Echo would only talk about one thing.
(d) Artie did not know any other way to reach out to her daughter.

2. At what point in scene 3 does the audience lose sympathy for Dorothea?
(a) When she is not sad when her husband dies.
(b) When she chooses to be an eccentric.
(c) When she endangers Artie by making her try to fly.
(d) When she marries someone she does not love.

3. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.
(a) Exploiting.
(b) Leaving.
(c) Loving.
(d) Having fun with.

4. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?
(a) A nurse.
(b) An eccentric.
(c) A psychic.
(d) A teacher.

5. How was Artie able to overcome her childhood?
(a) By remembering how much her mother really loved her.
(b) By having a baby to love.
(c) By focusing only on her husband and her work.
(d) By forgiving her mother's eccentricity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Echo is obsessed with __________________.

2. What is the relationship between the women in the family?

3. Which character ends scene 1?

4. What is Dorothea doing when scene 4 opens?

5. How is Dorothea's health as the play opens?

(see the answer key)

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