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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the scene, what does Hal bring for Catherine to drink?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Water.
(c) Beer.
(d) Soda.

2. What does Claire want to do after the funeral?
(a) She wants to have people over to the house.
(b) She wants to go straight to New York.
(c) She wants to have a quiet evening at home, just she and Catherine.
(d) She wants to go straight to Boston.

3. How did Robert die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Murder.
(d) A car accident.

4. Why is Hal hesitant after Catherine asks him about sex at the Conference?
(a) He is not sure if she likes him, and plans to give her a lie detector test to find out.
(b) He dislikes her and is thinking of a way to leave.
(c) He dislikes her and does not want to talk about sex.
(d) He is not sure that she is flirting with him, and does not want to make a bad impression.

5. Why is Hal able to put the notebooks in order?
(a) Because the notebooks are color-coded.
(b) Because Robert dated every entry.
(c) Because Catherine has helped him organize.
(d) Because he has carbon-dated the pages in a lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claire live?

2. According to Hal, what happens when a mathematician turns fifty?

3. Why did Robert keep requesting that Catherine check out library books for him?

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

5. What was Robert's occupation?

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