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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What exclamation by Fonsia does Act 2, Scene 1 end with?
(a) "Gin you Jerk!"
(b) "Gin, Goddamnit. Gin!"
(c) "Gin! Gin! Gin!"
(d) "Gin. Goodnight!"

2. When Weller claims to have a good hand, what is Fonsia's response?
(a) "Good, it's about time."
(b) "I've got a good one, too."
(c) "May the best woman win."
(d) "I hope you win."

3. How does the Home, according to Weller, promote the theft of tenants' goods?
(a) By not providing safes.
(b) By not paying well enough.
(c) By not making theft a firing offense.
(d) By understaffing.

4. What is Fonsia's last name?
(a) Dorsey.
(b) Marvin.
(c) Darington.
(d) Johnson.

5. Weller draws what insult from the following statement by Fonsia: "I can't help it"?
(a) That he can't beat a woman.
(b) That she thinks he is destined to lose against her.
(c) That she is taking pity on him.
(d) That he doesn't know how to play gin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Weller's statement that 'Gin is a relaxing game,' bear out in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Weller referring to when he says "a warehouse for the intellectually and emotionally dead."

3. What word did Fonsia have to look up for twenty-five years?

4. What is the Extended Family?

5. What is Fonsia's son's name?

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