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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 Mr. Webb ask George just before he marries Emily?
(a) If he can calm Emily down.
(b) If he can take care of Emily.
(c) If he really knows what being a husband will entail.
(d) If he truly loves Emily.

2. How does Mrs. Gibbs want to use the extra money she has coming in?
(a) Send her daughter to college.
(b) Go to Paris with her husband.
(c) Let her husband retire.
(d) Paint her house.

3. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Getting ready for a party.
(d) Calling her children to breakfast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs try to do as she enters her house after talking to her husband in the yard?

2. What advice does Mr. Webb give George as they talk in his kitchen?

3. Which of the following characters does NOT take a seat in one of the chairs in the first scene of Act 3?

4. What does the stage manager say is replacing automobiles while he chats with George and Emily?

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

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