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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire concede to Hal at the end of their conversation?
(a) She agrees to let him visit Catherine in Chicago.
(b) She agress to let him visit Catherine in New York.
(c) She agrees to let him call Catherine in Chicago.
(d) She agrees to let him call Catherine in New York.

2. What does Hal accidentally remind Robert when he says they will meet in a week, on the eleventh?
(a) Today is Catherine's birthday.
(b) Today is Claire's birthday.
(c) Today is Hal's birthday.
(d) Today is Robert's anniversary.

3. What does Robert love about bookstores in September?
(a) The smell of coffee that wafts outside.
(b) He loves how empty the bookstores are.
(c) He loves watching the students browsing throughout an afternoon.
(d) He loves how precisely and quickly students find the books they are looking for.

4. Who does Hal want to speak with upon his return to the house?
(a) Robert.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mitch.

5. Has Hal found anything coherent in the notebooks as of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Yes, he has already made off with ten notebooks and is planning to write a book.
(b) Yes, he has found something profound in almost every notebook.
(c) No, the only lucid notebook is the one he tried to give to Catherine on her birthday.
(d) No, but he is not really reading the notebooks anyway--he just wants to go to band practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Claire delayed her flight back home?

2. Whose idea was it to have the band play at the house after the funeral?

3. How did Hal and Catherine meet four years ago?

4. Why is Hal hesitant after Catherine asks him about sex at the Conference?

5. Where does Robert joke that Chicago beer comes from?

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