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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do all of the characters seem to say about life?
(a) It goes by too fast.
(b) It is unfair.
(c) It is never long enough.
(d) It can never be explained well.

3. Why was Joe released from the hospital?
(a) To spend time with his family.
(b) To keep others from catching his illness.
(c) To be able to keep track of his progress more carefully.
(d) Because there was nothing else they could do for him.

4. What does Beverly say that Mark's life is based on?
(a) False hope.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Bargaining.
(d) Grief.

5. How does Brian end his interview?
(a) By saying that he wishes he had a typewriter so that he could write again.
(b) By telling the interviewer that he really misses Beverly.
(c) By telling the interviewer that people here are too serious.
(d) By saying that the process of life and death shouldn't be taken seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian believe has been thwarted by the mechanics of dying?

2. What does the interviewer tell Agnes Felicity is enduring?

3. What profession does Brian have?

4. How does Joe describe his life?

5. What does the interviewer tell Joe about his feelings?

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