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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. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?
(a) He wants to cut something out of the paper.
(b) He plans to use them to threaten Lenny.
(c) He wants to trim his hair.
(d) He needs to open a package.

2. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?
(a) He asks if his brother is home.
(b) He wonders if the roof has been repaired.
(c) He asks where the newspaper is.
(d) He wonders if there is any food.

3. What does Lenny say when Ruth asks how he knew the prostitute was diseased?
(a) Lenny says the prostitute's mother told him she was diseased.
(b) Lenny says he just decided she was diseased.
(c) Lenny says a buddy told him the prostitute was diseased.
(d) Lenny says the prostitute told him she was diseased.

4. According to Max, what made Sam a bad son?
(a) He never came to see his parents.
(b) He didn't help take care of his father when he was dying.
(c) He stole money from his father.
(d) He was useless in the family business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Max give for Sam having never married?

2. When Joey, Max, and Lenny return home from the gym on the afternoon of the second day, what does Joey do?

3. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?

4. What does Teddy take upstairs?

5. What do Lenny and Max bicker about?

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