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

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

3. Where is the airport August is going to in Act 1?
(a) Paducah.
(b) Ouachita.
(c) Blue Shoals.
(d) Mountain Springs.

4. How do we know when August is alone in his study?
(a) There is a full set change.
(b) It is projected on the screen.
(c) The lighting confines to this area only.
(d) The desk rises from beneath the stage.

5. What is the name of the person to whom August speaks in the tape recorder?
(a) Jean.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Robert.
(d) Dianne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers the evidence of the village site?

2. In what month does the play begin?

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

4. How many students are there to assist on the dig?

5. What does August refer to Cynthia as when her photograph appears on a slide in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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