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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Visitors Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it difficult for the Old Woman to understand the guard?
(a) They don't speak the same language.
(b) The guard whispers.
(c) The Prisoner keeps interrupting.
(d) The guard is inarticulate.

2. As the Sergeant hassles the Young Woman in Act 1, the Officer reminds him that these women are not _________.
(a) Criminals.
(b) Worthwhile.
(c) Wives.
(d) Intelligent.

3. What characterizes the Prisoner's family?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Rambunctious.
(d) Caring.

4. What does the Sergeant call the women's husbands?
(a) Acquaintances.
(b) Enemies of the state.
(c) Playboys.
(d) Useless criminals.

5. What is the Sergeant cursing about at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) That he can't ever get a moment of quiet.
(b) That something smells bad.
(c) That the Young Woman is in the room.
(d) That his dinner was cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Young Woman offer the Sergeant in Act 3?

2. What is the Young Woman's second complaint?

3. What is the primary emotion in the old Woman and the Prisoner's conversation?

4. As the prisoner sits in Act 4, what does he do?

5. What does the Old Woman cradle in her hand as she waits at the prison wall?

(see the answer key)

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