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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Hal arrive in the scene?
(a) He arrives in the beginning.
(b) He arrives in the middle.
(c) He never actually enters in the scene.
(d) He arrives in the end.

3. What is Claire's finance's name?
(a) Hal.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Robert.
(d) Kenny.

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 is not sure that she is flirting with him, and does not want to make a bad impression.
(c) He dislikes her and is thinking of a way to leave.
(d) He dislikes her and does not want to talk about sex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sophie Germain?

2. What instrument does Hal play?

3. What is Hal carrying when he enters?

4. Why is Hal unhappy with his own work?

5. Why did Claire stay up so late?

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