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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the consequences for Bert's accident?
(a) The Colonel beat him mercilessly.
(b) The Colonel did not allow him to have dinner.
(c) The Colonel sent him to his room.
(d) The Colonel had to send a search party to find him.

2. What else do the two men discuss?
(a) Cora.
(b) Politics.
(c) Norwood's children.
(d) The weather.

3. With whom did Bert have dinner?
(a) William.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Cora.
(d) Sallie.

4. What is Bert taunting Norwood to do?
(a) Listen to him.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Strangle him.
(d) Shoot him.

5. According to Norwood, what do all the "colored folk" know?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their place.
(c) How to work in the fields.
(d) How to love him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Cora and William worry about Bert's place in society?

2. How is Bert also riling up the white townspeople?

3. What does Cora think Bert should do, regarding the Colonel?

4. What does Bert refuse to do when he hears the Colonel coming?

5. What does Robert do as the act ends?

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