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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 is Simon Stimson's occupation?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Choir director.
(c) Milkman.
(d) Journalist.

2. Who does Mr. Webb see on his way home the night of the first day?
(a) The stage manager.
(b) Simon.
(c) Dr. Gibbs.
(d) George.

3. What does the stage manager say that the third act will be about?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Trials.
(d) Love.

4. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?
(a) Another narrator.
(b) A geologist.
(c) A famous doctor.
(d) A university professor.

5. Which state is this play set in?
(a) New York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb talk to George about when Mrs. Webb runs out of her kitchen?

2. What does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first enters the stage in the second act?

3. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?

4. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?

5. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?

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