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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting at the very beginning of Act 1?
(a) August's study.
(b) The kitchen of August's home.
(c) The university.
(d) The site of the dig.

2. How old is Kirsten?
(a) Nine.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eight.

3. Why does August have to go to the airport in Act 1?
(a) To pick up Jean and Dan.
(b) To pick up his brother.
(c) To get his sister.
(d) To fly to the university.

4. What does Dan ask August not to reveal to the others in early Act 1?
(a) That he is leaving.
(b) That he has married Jean.
(c) That Jean is sick.
(d) That Jean is pregnant.

5. How old is Professor August Howe?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delia claim was the model for Camus' The Plague?

2. How do we know when August is alone in his study?

3. Who carries Delia into the house in Act 1?

4. Whom does August say Cynthia believes herself to be when speaking to the recorder in Act 1 Part 2?

5. How many summers did August say that they had previously spent excavating at the site in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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