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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry attempt to explain to Ellen?
(a) Transcendentalism.
(b) Love.
(c) Boating.
(d) Calculus.

2. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) John Thoreau.
(d) Edward Emerson.

3. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?
(a) The jailer.
(b) The people outside.
(c) Bailey, his cellmate.
(d) The birds on the clock tower.

4. How does Bailey respond when Henry asks him about marriage?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He gives a shout of joy.
(c) He cries.
(d) He gives a derisive snort.

5. Henry mocks Ball by telling his students to prevent all their senses from experiencing life so that they can all focus solely on what?
(a) The books.
(b) College.
(c) School.
(d) Their teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?

2. Why does Henry offer to work for 10 cents a week?

3. What does Ball threaten to do to Henry?

4. What is the setting for the beginning of the play?

5. For what does Henry invite Ellen?

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