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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rebel Soldier 1 offers Mama a great deal of coltan for the right to speak with which character?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Salima.
(d) Sophie.

2. What term is used to describe Fortune and Simon as they enter Mama's place in Scene 6 of Act One?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Pimps.
(c) Gravediggers.
(d) Soldiers.

3. Which character nurses a beer while watching Sophie and Mama sing in Scene 1 of Act Two?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Salima.
(c) Mr. Harari.
(d) Christian.

4. In what type of small town does Scene 1 of Act One begin?
(a) Tourist.
(b) Trading.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Mining.

5. The person standing outside the bar at the opening of Scene 1 of Act Two is described as being "like a" what "guarding the gates" (63)?
(a) A lion.
(b) A centurion.
(c) A gryphon.
(d) A dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Scene 4 of Act One begin?

2. When Mama argues against taking in Sophie, she tells Christian that she already feeds how many young women "while half the country starves" (13)?

3. Which instrument's sound causes Josephine to dance in a "frenzied" manner, releasing "her anger" and "her pain" (64)?

4. In Scene 4 of Act One, which group is NOT mentioned among the throng of people packing the bar?

5. For whom does Fortune ask when Mama comes to the doorway in Scene 3 of Act Two?

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