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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Emily not like about the cemetery?
(a) Watching her loved ones grieve for her.
(b) The dreary feeling there.
(c) Being new there.
(d) Not being able to communicate with the living.

3. What is Mr. Webb's profession?
(a) Barber.
(b) Newspaper editor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Milkman.

4. What do the guests at George and Emily's wedding sit on?
(a) Pews.
(b) Benches.
(c) Chairs.
(d) The ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the stage manager make special mention of just before he begins a narrative of the town?

3. What does Dr. Gibbs say they must do to help Simon Stimson?

4. Who is the first character to speak in the second act?

5. Why does Mrs. Webb panic when she sees George?

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