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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Bad News, Scenes 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is embroidered on the shawl over the casket in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A Star of David.
(b) A cross.
(c) A rose.
(d) An American Flag.

2. What does Roy say "is always at eight" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Cocktails.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Court.
(d) The theater.

3. What is the name of Louis and Prior's cat?
(a) Princess.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Little Sheba.
(d) Stella.

4. What kind of lesions does Roy have?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Kaposi's sarcoma.
(c) Malignant cancer.
(d) Hodgkinson's.

5. Who on the phone does Roy mistake for a man in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mrs. Rosenbaum.
(b) Mrs. Kennedy.
(c) Mrs. Soffer.
(d) Mrs. Hollins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roy's doctor's name?

2. Who does Prior meet in his dream in Act 1, Scene 7?

3. Where does Harper tell the travel agent she wants to go in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. In what month does Act 1, Scene 6 take place?

5. How many people made it to shore in the longboat that Prior talks of in Act 1, Scene 8?

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