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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 Quillery prefer over war?
(a) Political reasoning.
(b) Targeted air strikes.
(c) Martial law.
(d) Revolution.

2. What has led to the decrease in tourism, affecting the hotel's business?
(a) The time of year.
(b) The lack of snow.
(c) The threat of a government takeover.
(d) The war.

3. Who does Irene talk to at the end of Act 2's opening scene?
(a) Quillery.
(b) The Cherrys.
(c) Harry.
(d) Don.

4. Who will Dr. Waldersee be a pawn for, according to Quillery?
(a) The French military.
(b) The Italian soldiers.
(c) The British monarchy.
(d) The Nazi regime.

5. How are the wait staff dressed at the hotel?
(a) In sports jackets.
(b) Formally.
(c) In white uniforms.
(d) Casually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the train to stop as the play opens?

2. What do the guests expect from the Italian soldiers who enter the hotel in the first act of the play?

3. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cherry seem to the other hotel guests in Act 1?

4. Who does Quillery say will benefit from the war?

5. What does Irene do to change the mood of the hotel guests in the first scene of Act 2?

(see the answer key)

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