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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the crowd react as Jack enters?
(a) They boo.
(b) They are silent.
(c) They cheer.
(d) They cry.

2. Why does Tick tell Ellie to stick around?
(a) She should see Jack in action.
(b) Jack wants to show off for her.
(c) Jack is much happier when she's near.
(d) He finds Ellie attractive.

3. What is the press calling the fight?
(a) The fight to end all fights.
(b) The best fight.
(c) The one to watch.
(d) The fight of the century.

4. How does the play begin?
(a) With an argument over whether Brady, the current white heavyweight boxing champion, should fight an up-and-coming black boxer.
(b) With a a meeting to discuss who Brady should fight next.
(c) With an argument over where Brady will go to train.
(d) With an argument over whether Brady should be the new Great White Hope.

5. What is a barker shouting into a megaphone?
(a) An invitation to the people of Chicago to the cafe's opening.
(b) He is telling the people to go home.
(c) An invitation for the crowd to enter Jack's home.
(d) A message about the Savior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the marchers and black people begin to do?

2. What do Cameron's questions about how Ellie and Jack behaved on the boat suggest?

3. How does the boxer fight that makes him seem like he does not fight "like a man?"

4. How does the crowd react to Jack's arrival?

5. What do the men say a good White Hope could do?

(see the answer key)

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