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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are these New York performers headed there?
(a) To visit relatives.
(b) To spend time on the beach.
(c) To make their fortune at the onset of talking pictures.
(d) To see movie stars.

2. How did this decision to leave come about?
(a) After meeting Al Jolson for dinner.
(b) After learning about the work available in Chicago.
(c) After watching Al Jolson.
(d) After hearing success stories from other vaudevillians.

3. For whom are Jerry, May, and George waiting in this building?
(a) Mr. Glogauer.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mae West.
(d) The Schlepkin brothers.

4. The setting of this scene has a _________ interior.
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Dull.
(c) Typical.
(d) Heavily gilded.

5. What do the other two think of this new job idea?
(a) Jerry and George agree that it seems like a monumental idea .
(b) Jerry and May are hesitant to agree to the idea.
(c) Helen and May are nervous about the idea.
(d) May and George refuse to go along with the plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. This idea began in New York, and to where is this new idea leading them?

2. Who works in this building?

3. Why is this person, that May encounters, important?

4. What else will the person May encounters do for them?

5. How does Helen arrive?

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