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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What office in the student council did George hold?
(a) President.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Vice President.

2. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(b) Preparing a man for death.
(c) Helping a woman give birth to twins.
(d) Drinking at the local bar.

3. What is Mrs. Soames known in the town for?
(a) Her manners.
(b) Her gossip.
(c) Her sickness.
(d) Her intelligence.

4. At the beginning of the play what does Mrs. Webb do when she first comes out of her house?
(a) Strings some beans.
(b) Hangs some laundry.
(c) Checks her mailbox.
(d) Feeds her chickens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Emily say what she thinks about just before she gets married?

3. What does George ask Emily to do while he is at college?

4. Why is Mrs. Gibbs so worried about her husband?

5. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?

(see the answer key)

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