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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brian believe would allow people to live more authentic lives?
(a) Fighting to live for as long as possible.
(b) Admitting the reality of their own death.
(c) Refusing to accept their own fate.
(d) Believing in an after life.

2. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(b) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.
(c) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.
(d) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.

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

4. What does Brian admit scares him to death?
(a) Never seeing her again.
(b) The act of dying.
(c) What happens in the after life.
(d) Losing Mark.

5. What does the interviewer tell Joe about his feelings?
(a) He will want to avoid sharing them with his family.
(b) He must move past the anger.
(c) Any emotion is acceptable.
(d) Everyone understands what he is going through.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?

2. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?

3. What does Maggie refuse to do when she arrives at the cottage?

4. Who is Mark?

5. Which of the following is true about the interviewer?

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