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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do John and Henry get on the topic of polygamy?
(a) They are considering creating their own cult.
(b) They both like Ellen.
(c) John notes that Ellen would marry both of them.
(d) They want many wives.

2. Why does Ellen not marry John?
(a) She loves Henry.
(b) Her father objects.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She does not love him.

3. Henry sits up on his cot, and what is his response to his mother's question?
(a) There is "not someone" with him.
(b) His father is dead.
(c) He does not know what happened to John.
(d) He has "not done something."

4. To what does John attribute Henry's nonconformity?
(a) Henry's private school education.
(b) Henry's nature.
(c) Henry's desire to be isolated.
(d) Henry's Harvard education.

5. Why does Henry object to the whole notion of retirement?
(a) He does not want to think about growing old.
(b) People do not take as many years of retirement.
(c) He is a workaholic.
(d) People work during the best part of their lives so they can relax during their declining years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry reply when Sam asks him what his occupation is?

2. What does Henry then urge all his students not to do but to savor their sensations of the world?

3. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?

4. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?

5. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

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