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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. Where is Joe killed?
(a) In a street brawl.
(b) In a strange city of a strange disease.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In the war.

2. Who gives the introduction to the play?
(a) The director.
(b) The narrator.
(c) An assembly of cast members.
(d) The stage manager.

3. What does Mr. Webb talk about when he is first introduced by the stage manager?
(a) The economic situation of the town.
(b) The town's social and political life.
(c) The businesses in the town.
(d) The many hardships the town has faced.

4. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?
(a) The stage manager.
(b) Actors planted in the audience.
(c) Mr. Webb's children.
(d) Audience members.

5. Who asks Emily and her mother to leave during their discussion in the second scene?
(a) Mr. Webb.
(b) George.
(c) Mrs. Gibbs.
(d) The stage manager.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?

3. What is Mr. Webb's profession?

4. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?

5. What is Howie Newsome's occupation?

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