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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 claims in Act 1 to have a terror of what?
(a) Heights.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Gathering moss.

2. Where does August say that the remains of an extensive village were discovered?
(a) Under the lake bed.
(b) In the neighboring town.
(c) Across the river.
(d) Not six hundred yards from the house.

3. Which character says in Act 1, "The truth is in dreams and nightmares, but you haven't succeeded in getting that down?"
(a) Delia.
(b) August.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

4. Who does Dan say build burial mounds?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Hunters and gatherers.
(c) Villagers.
(d) The Aztecs.

5. Jean says that in one village six men were laid out ceremonially with what cut off?
(a) Their right hands.
(b) Their heads.
(c) Their legs.
(d) Their genitalia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does August say that his sister was "scraped off the street?"

3. What do Jean and Dan argue over in Act 1?

4. What house is shown in the first slides in Act 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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