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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consequence of the item that gets broken during the Act 3 argument?
(a) Glass crashes to the ground.
(b) Horace can't take his medicine.
(c) Seven years of bad luck.
(d) Water spills out onto the floor.

2. Which marriage is discussed before Horace meets the entire family?
(a) Zan to Leo.
(b) His own marriage to Regina.
(c) Birdie and Oscar.
(d) Regina to Mr. Marshall.

3. Who says a man isn't in business only for what he can get out of it --it has to mean something to his heart, too?
(a) Mr. Marshall.
(b) Leo.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Ben.

4. In which geographic region does the Giddens family live?
(a) The North.
(b) The South.
(c) The Atlantic Coast.
(d) The West.

5. What cruel statement does Regina tell Horace as they argue in Act 2?
(a) She hates him.
(b) Zan is not his daughter.
(c) She has been in love with his best friend.
(d) He only wants bad things for her because of his own pending death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is disgusted by the idea of the unlikely marriage?

2. As the family discusses their dreams, who is being conspicuously quiet?

3. Who challenges Mr. Marshall's choice of term that he used in reference to the family?

4. How is it explained to Ben that the family came up with Horace's share of the money?

5. In Act 2, when do Regina's true feelings come out?

(see the answer key)

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