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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the nearby island, on what does Dowdy comment when he first joins Roberts?
(a) His aching back.
(b) The captain.
(c) The breakfast they have had that morning.
(d) The heat.

2. What drink do Miss Girard and Roberts joke is their favorite?
(a) Moonshine.
(b) Medical alcohol and orange juice.
(c) Peach Schnapps.
(d) Sake.

3. What gift does Roberts take to the Port Director?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) A new spyglass.
(c) New trousers.
(d) Scotch whisky.

4. What does Doc say Pulver has been telling him?
(a) That Roberts is a loser.
(b) Tales about his sexual prowess.
(c) That he is leaving the ship soon.
(d) Stories about the battlefront.

5. What does the Captain see when he gets on deck that he considers to be insubordination by the crew?
(a) Roberts and the men making fun of the Captain.
(b) The men with their shirts off.
(c) The men joking around and not working.
(d) The men talking about how much they wish they were off the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Roberts not say about Pulver?

2. What type of fruit is in the crates Roberts gives to the officer?

3. Who lies about seeing women in the spyglass?

4. At the beginning of the play, with which shipmate is Roberts talking?

5. What does Pulver say he is going to put under the Captain's bed?

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