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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joe ask Maggie to do?
(a) Explain the situation to Steve.
(b) Bring his favorite foods.
(c) Make sure she comes happily.
(d) Talk to his doctors so she better understands things.

2. What does Felicity do to try and block out the interviewer's voice?
(a) Hums to herself.
(b) Turns the TV up very loudly.
(c) Goes into the bedroom and shuts the door.
(d) Walks out of the cottage.

3. How does Agnes respond to the interviewer after he proposes his ideas?
(a) She takes her mother back to the hospital.
(b) She refuses to talk anymore.
(c) She tells the interviewer she has a headache.
(d) She becomes angry.

4. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Anger.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Fear.

5. What does the interviewer suggest that surprises Agnes?
(a) To talk to Felicity alone.
(b) To speak to Agnes alone outside of the cottage.
(c) To have Felicity leave the cottage.
(d) To talk to Agnes too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe say about death?

2. What seems to be the most important theme of the play?

3. What do all of the characters seem to say about life?

4. What is Brian doing all of the time that he is unsure of the cause of?

5. About how old is Felicity?

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