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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank feel about April as he makes his way backstage after the curtain comes down?
(a) Shy and nervous.
(b) Worried.
(c) He desires her.
(d) Annoyed by her.

2. What do the cast members do backstage during intermission?
(a) They decide to cancel the second act.
(b) They gush about how well the performance is going.
(c) They pace, wishing only to finish the second act and go home as fast as possible.
(d) They rest before the second act.

3. Shep is a rebel and resents what?
(a) His past.
(b) His life.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother's efforts to soften him.

4. What does the audience also do during intermission?
(a) Wipe perspiration from their hands onto their clothing.
(b) Go backstage to congratulate the actors.
(c) Buy food.
(d) Donate money to the community theater.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Maureen marry at age eighteen?

3. What of Frank's does Pollock praise?

4. What does April recount?

5. What does Frank say suburbanites leave in a fog of denial?

(see the answer key)

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