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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sister work?
(a) In the hospital
(b) In the library
(c) In the schoolhouse
(d) As a baker

2. What does Philip want to be in terms of a career?
(a) A politician
(b) A successful writer
(c) A successful actor
(d) A poet

3. Who is Sister?
(a) John's niece
(b) Mollie's sister
(c) Philip's sister
(d) Mother Lovejoy's sister

4. What does John confess his ex-wife did that destroyed their marriage and John's faith in marriage?
(a) She was unfaithful
(b) She paid more attention to his friends than to him
(c) She was abusive
(d) She did not want children

5. Why has Mollie been awake instead of sleeping when the play opens?
(a) She was consoling Sister
(b) She has been discussing plans with her new tenant John
(c) She was arguing with her ex-husband
(d) She was preparing a stew

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John think Philip has done to Mollie to keep her in love with him?

2. What does Mother Lovejoy notice has changed in Mollie now that Philip has returned?

3. What does Philip admit to Mollie that he needs and can't go on living without?

4. How did Paris feel while his father was away?

5. What quality does Mollie possess that Sister does not and is the reason why Sister remains single?

(see the answer key)

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