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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main topic of this play?
(a) Life.
(b) Hospital care.
(c) Family relationships.
(d) Death.

2. What does the interviewer tell Joe he is available to do?
(a) Talk to his family.
(b) Help him deal with his emotions.
(c) Teach him how to accept his fate.
(d) Listen anytime.

3. What is Beverly obsessed with?
(a) Brian and Mark's physical relationship.
(b) How beautiful the cottage is.
(c) Brian's health issues.
(d) Why Brian wanted to see her again.

4. Why has Brian started to write again?
(a) He needs to find something to do to pass the time.
(b) Mark has inspired him to help him write again.
(c) He doesn't want to leave anything unsaid or undone.
(d) He wants to leave a clear legacy behind.

5. Where does Felicity think she is sometimes?
(a) Up in heaven with God.
(b) In her daughter's home.
(c) Back in her own home.
(d) Back in her regular hospital room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interviewer suggest that surprises Agnes?

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

3. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?

4. How does Brian respond when he sees Beverly at the cottage?

5. What won't Maggie listen to that Joe tries to explain to her?

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