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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank try to change the subject?
(a) He is uncomfortable talking about other people.
(b) He senses that this kind of gossip could ruin the entire evening.
(c) He does not want to hear about John.
(d) He would rather talk about himself.

2. What dooms the performance?
(a) Lighting problems.
(b) Bad acting.
(c) Poor singing.
(d) An out of tune pit orchestra.

3. What happens to April Wheeler's acting during the second act?
(a) It descends to the level of the other cast members, or worse.
(b) It continues to be just as good as it was at the beginning of the play.
(c) It greatly improves.
(d) It is just has atrocious as it was in the first act.

4. About what do the Wheelers and their guests talk?
(a) The failed play, politics, and their neighbors.
(b) The Givings' son.
(c) Going out dancing, dinner, and what is on television.
(d) The weather, the neighborhood, and dinner.

5. What is making a mechanical screeching sound from the backyard?
(a) The car.
(b) A chainsaw.
(c) His children's toys.
(d) The lawnmower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank admit to himself, through the haze of his hangover?

2. Who are the Laurel Players?

3. From where is the director who is hired to work with the amateur actors?

4. Why did Maureen escape to New York City?

5. What does the audience do during intermission?

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