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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George plan to do when he leaves his mother's house?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Raise chickens.
(c) Become a writer.
(d) Play baseball.

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

3. What is happening to George to prevent him from playing baseball?
(a) He hurt his arm.
(b) He is going to war.
(c) He is getting married.
(d) He is buying a farm.

4. How many other people are talking to Howie at the beginning of the second act?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. What does Dr. Gibbs tell his wife he will not do while they chat in the yard together?
(a) Charge more money.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Buy her an antique table.
(d) Work less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?

2. What does the stage manager tell the audience when he first appears in the third scene?

3. What does Mr. Webb say a groom should never do?

4. What does Emily assure her father she does not have on her mind before he goes to bed?

5. What does Emily do when she sees her father on stage in the second scene?

(see the answer key)

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