View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What home does Fonsia wish to go to?
(a) The Calvinist home.
(b) The Catholic home.
(c) The Lutheran home.
(d) The Presbyterian home.

2. Who is the luckiest person Weller has ever seen play gin?
(a) Fonsia.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) His son.

3. What does Weller refer to as "dumb Gin"?
(a) Collecting only straights.
(b) Knocking.
(c) Holding face cards too long.
(d) Collecting royal straights.

4. What lie does Weller, through guess work, discover?
(a) That Fonsia lied about being divorced.
(b) That Fonsia lied about having a sister in Ottawa.
(c) That Fonsia lied about having never played cards before.
(d) Where Fonsia's son lives.

5. What is Weller's criticism of the Unitarian group in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They want to steal everything.
(b) They want to criticize everything.
(c) They want to improve everything.
(d) They want to psychoanalyze everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What card does Weller claim Fonsia fed him in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What score does Fonsia win the fourth hand of gin with in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?

4. In Act 2, Scene 1, after Weller claims that Fonsia will no longer receive any help from him, what happens?

5. What exclamation by Fonsia does Act 2, Scene 1 end with?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 283 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample