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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 does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"
(a) Politicians
(b) Policemen
(c) Gangsters
(d) Generations

2. According to Max, when his father was dying, what did he tell Max to do?
(a) He told Max where to find money he had hidden.
(b) He told Max to take care of his brothers.
(c) He told Max to sell the house.
(d) He told Max not to let Sam get away with anything.

3. When Lenny gets flustered, what does Ruth do?
(a) Ruth pats Lenny on the head.
(b) Ruth apologizes.
(c) Ruth sits on Lenny's lap.
(d) Ruth laughs.

4. How many women appear onstage in the play?
(a) One
(b) None
(c) Three
(d) Two

5. What is Ruth's response when Teddy asks her to go home?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She tries to reason with him.
(c) She shouts at him to leave her alone.
(d) She is non-committal and almost non-responsive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between the two characters who are up early at the beginning of Act I, Scene 3?

2. Where did the deed to the house come from?

3. In reminiscing after lunch, what does Max refer to Jessie as?

4. After Max recovers from his collapse, what does he ask Ruth?

5. When Teddy comes downstairs while Ruth and Lenny are talking together, what does Lenny do?

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