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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Delia admits to Jean in Act 1 that she is what?
(a) Miserable.
(b) A hypochondriac.
(c) Terrified.
(d) A liar.

2. What does Delia say in Act 1 that she is frantically beating the bushes for?
(a) Her sight.
(b) Something to believe in.
(c) The truth.
(d) Herself.

3. How many summers did August say that they had previously spent excavating at the site in Act 1?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. Who enters from upstairs in Act 1 Part 1 as the lights change to transition into the next scene?
(a) Kirsten and Delia.
(b) Delia and Chad.
(c) Cynthia and Kirsten.
(d) Chad and Jean.

5. How is Kirsten related to Cynthia?
(a) She is her sister.
(b) She is her adopted daughter.
(c) She is her neice.
(d) She is her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the lights begin to reveal at the end of Act 1 Part 1?

2. What does Dan complain about at the dig site in Act 1?

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

4. What is the name of the person to whom August speaks in the tape recorder?

5. Who is the author of the Aztec poem that is recited in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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