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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager say the dead are doing?
(a) Watching.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Repenting.
(d) Guiding.

2. How much time passed between the second and third acts?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Nine weeks.
(d) Nine days.

3. What does George say that he is celebrating with Emily?
(a) Having a real conversation.
(b) The election and their friendship.
(c) Changing the school together.
(d) Winning his last baseball game.

4. What does the stage manager say we do not know about ancient Rome and Greece?
(a) Their goals and aspirations.
(b) Their belief systems.
(c) Their appearances.
(d) Their daily lives.

5. What is George's natural feeling about women?
(a) They are too quick to trust.
(b) They need to be protected.
(c) They are kinder than men.
(d) They are naturally more good than men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily NOT say goodbye to when she chooses to not re-live her life?

2. What do Emily and Mrs. Gibbs say about the living when George enters the cemetery?

3. At the beginning of the play, what exciting news does Mrs. Gibbs have to tell Mrs. Webb when they meet in their yards?

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs invite her husband to do after his gentle rebuke to her in the yard?

5. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?

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