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

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

3. Why do the townsfolk look strangely at Henry?
(a) Henry is arguing with the constable.
(b) Henry is sneaking around in the dark.
(c) Henry is stumbling around.
(d) Henry takes off one shoe.

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

5. Waldo asks whether he should start a violent rebellion. How does Henry reply?
(a) He insists Waldo should stop violence.
(b) He insists violence is not always the answer.
(c) He insists Waldo start a war.
(d) He insists violence is the only solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?

2. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?

3. The war resumes in full speed with what?

4. The scene fades and Sam is doing what?

5. How do the stage directions describe Henry's discussion of Waldo' virtues?

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