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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Waldo respond when Ball asks him about listening to another clergyman?
(a) He gets good sermon ideas from other clergymen.
(b) He tends to fall asleep.
(c) He becomes nervous.
(d) He is always glad when the sermon is over.

2. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?
(a) They would dive to earth.
(b) If they did they would damage and dirty the clouds and the air.
(c) They would hurt the birds in the sky.
(d) They would run into one another in the air.

3. What does Henry say Waldo should use to effect change?
(a) A change in philosophy.
(b) His fame and influence.
(c) His wonderful manner of speaking.
(d) His wife's influence.

4. How does Henry feel when he shouts with no response and tries to ring the bell, but no sound emerges?
(a) He feels frustrated, yet determined.
(b) He feels discouraged and powerless.
(c) He feels somewhat relieved.
(d) He feels confused and unsure.

5. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?
(a) He is the same.
(b) He is who he has always been.
(c) He has changed.
(d) He is himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Williams want to stay?

2. What does Lydian say while insisting to Henry what he must do?

3. What name does Williams adopts?

4. According to Henry, why is the government afraid of the choice he has made?

5. Why does Henry object to the whole notion of retirement?

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