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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. What does August say that they were racing against early in Act 1?
(a) Being shut down by preservationists.
(b) The lease ending.
(c) An interstate being built.
(d) The construction of a dam.

2. What are the directions that August gives Dianne regarding his recording?
(a) To type them up.
(b) To listen to them.
(c) To match them with the corresponding slides.
(d) To mail them to the university.

3. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Go through what is left of the wreckage of the expedition.
(b) Write a letter to his wife.
(c) Re-sort his life.
(d) Illustrate the current expedition.

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

5. What does August refer to Cynthia as when her photograph appears on a slide in Act 1?
(a) His wife.
(b) A photographer.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Ex-relation by marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on the set do the projections appear, according to the stage directions?

2. Who enters from upstairs in Act 1 Part 1 as the lights change to transition into the next scene?

3. From where are the students selected to assist the dig?

4. Where is the dig site located?

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

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