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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the actors doing in lieu of having real props?
(a) Talking about what they are doing.
(b) Using whatever is laying about.
(c) Miming their actions.
(d) Making their props as they go.

2. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?
(a) He is an atheist.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He will die in a few days.
(d) He has a drinking problem.

3. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?
(a) What to do about the economy.
(b) How to punish a criminal.
(c) What to put in a time capsule.
(d) Who to elect mayor.

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide George for when he first appears on stage?
(a) Sleeping in.
(b) Talking back to her.
(c) Forgetting his homework.
(d) Spending his allowance too frivolously.

5. What is Joe's occupation?
(a) Milkman.
(b) Paperboy.
(c) Student.
(d) Grocer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Webb's profession?

2. At the beginning of the play what does Mrs. Webb do when she first comes out of her house?

3. What does the stage manager plan to put into the time capsule?

4. What does the stage manager do before Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs leave the stage after the first scene?

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide her husband for when he comes home at the beginning of the play?

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