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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is disgusted by the idea of the unlikely marriage?
(a) Ben.
(b) Birdie.
(c) Regina.
(d) Addie.

2. Why does Ben say his family is successful?
(a) They have enough money to invest in the latest technology.
(b) They are lucky.
(c) They found new ways to do business and how to make customers pay.
(d) They have preyed on weak, desperate people and accumulated many properties.

3. What surprises and pleases Mr. Marshall about the family's hometown?
(a) It's proximity to the ocean.
(b) It's population is booming.
(c) They live in the the same town and raised their families there.
(d) It still practices slave labor so wages will be cheaper there.

4. What term does Mr. Marshall use in referring to the family?
(a) Monopolists.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Opportunists.
(d) Monarchs.

5. What is Horace's initial response to his family's communications?
(a) He refuses to talk with them.
(b) He tells Alexandra to tell them no.
(c) He does not respond.
(d) He says "absolutely not."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Marshall say about life in the geographic region he is visiting?

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

3. Which of Regina's brothers isn't married?

4. What is the family lacking in order to complete their business transaction?

5. Who discreetly agrees with Birdie's dislike for her husband's hobby?

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