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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes ask Michael after she finds out what he said to their son?
(a) What was their son wearing?
(b) What time is it?
(c) Why did he only say that?
(d) How much does he love her?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, when Michael knocks on the door, what is Agnes doing?
(a) Taking off her evening gloves.
(b) Combing her hair.
(c) Weeping in bed.
(d) Sleeping.

3. About how much time has passed in the setting of Act 1, Scene 2 since the previous scene?
(a) A week.
(b) One year.
(c) A month.
(d) Five years.

4. Where is Agnes in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Entering through the door.
(b) Searching for something on the floor.
(c) In bed sleeping.
(d) Seated at her dressing table.

5. What does Agnes say she does not want to argue about in the last scene?
(a) Her children's lives.
(b) What to leave on the bed.
(c) Who her son marries.
(d) Where she and Michael are moving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Michael tell Agnes she should cheer up in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. How is Agnes and Michael's relationship at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Why does Agnes care about what the young poet does?

4. When Michael goes to the washstand on his wedding night, what does he do?

5. What does Agnes seem to be feeling in relationship to her daughter?

(see the answer key)

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