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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be heard as the play begins?
(a) Train.
(b) Someone shouting.
(c) Children playing outside.
(d) Siren.

2. After listening to the telegram, what does Mrs. Stevenson say after the operator tells her that there is no answer at her husband's office?
(a) He has to answer.
(b) He cannot be gone.
(c) Elbert, how could you.
(d) Surely he is still there.

3. When the first operator answers, what part of the stage is lit?
(a) Left.
(b) Right.
(c) Rear.
(d) Front.

4. What does Mrs. Stevenson accuse the operator of doing after the operator tells her that the number is busy in Act I, Part 2?
(a) Not listen.
(b) Dial correctly.
(c) Dial incorrectly.
(d) Ignoring her.

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson tell the person at Henchley Hospital is her condition?
(a) Nerves.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Paralysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone does Mrs. Stevenson use when she asks for the Nurses' Registry at Henchley Hospital?

2. How is the Chief Operator described?

3. What sound does Mrs. Stevenson make when she throw herself back against the pillows?

4. How does Mrs. Stevenson's husband address her in the telegram he sends?

5. What does Mrs. Stevenson say that her husband thinks about her?

(see the answer key)

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