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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 go straight to New York.
(b) She wants to go straight to Boston.
(c) She wants to have people over to the house.
(d) She wants to have a quiet evening at home, just she and Catherine.

2. What does Robert get Catherine for her birthday?
(a) Wine.
(b) A puppy.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Chocolate.

3. What has become Claire's fiance's new hobby?
(a) Model airplane making.
(b) Miniature ship building.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Cooking.

4. How does Catherine take her coffee?
(a) With only sugar.
(b) Black.
(c) With only cream.
(d) With sugar and cream.

5. Who is Sophie Germain?
(a) A woman who published great mathematical works under a pseudonym during the French Revolution.
(b) A woman who teaches at the University of Chicago and was very close to Robert.
(c) A woman whose husband stole her ideas and published her work under his name.
(d) A woman Catherine previously thought was her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hal at the house in Scene 1?

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

3. Where does Scene 1 take place?

4. Why did Hal not attempt to pursue Catherine after their initial meeting?

5. When does Hal arrive in the scene?

(see the answer key)

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