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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) August.
(b) Dan.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Delia.

2. How many students are there to assist on the dig?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

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

4. Who is camping near the house?
(a) A group of hunters.
(b) A family from the town.
(c) A group of archeology students.
(d) Chad.

5. Where is the dig site located?
(a) Eastern Missouri.
(b) Blue Shoals, Illinois.
(c) Mountain Springs, Kentucky.
(d) Northern Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August say that they were racing against early in Act 1?

2. What is the name that August refers to the site as?

3. In what month does the play begin?

4. What is the term that defines Landford Wilson's use of a projector in The Mound Builders?

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

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