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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does Brian have?
(a) Writer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

2. How does Beverly feel about the information that Mark shares with her?
(a) She tells Mark that he is lying.
(b) She cannot process the information because she is drunk.
(c) She doesn't understand what he is saying.
(d) She finds it uncomfortable.

3. What does Joe want to do in regards to his feelings?
(a) Redesign them.
(b) Vent them.
(c) Deny them.
(d) Ignore them.

4. What does Brian believe people are doing instead of living more authentic lives?
(a) Trying methods to prolong the inevitable.
(b) Praying to a God he does not believe exists.
(c) Denying the facts that are presented to them.
(d) Moving through their lives in an automatic way.

5. When does Maggie say she'll go in the cottage?
(a) When Joe is asleep.
(b) When she's had some time to think.
(c) When it gets dark outside.
(d) When she is ready to do that.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Joe hospitalized?

3. What is Brian's perspective on death?

4. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?

5. In what year did this play win both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award?

(see the answer key)

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