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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main way the character of Sister is different from the character of Philip?
(a) She is smart
(b) She is abusive
(c) She is quiet
(d) She is gentle

2. What is the best word to describe the scene between father and son when it becomes clear that Philip intends to kill himself?
(a) Fearful
(b) Horrific
(c) Poignant
(d) Thrilling

3. What does Philip admit to Mollie that he needs and can't go on living without?
(a) Writing
(b) Her
(c) Family support
(d) The farmhouse

4. What is John's profession of an architect a metaphor of?
(a) Rebuilding Mollie and Paris's lives
(b) Stiking out on his own
(c) Building a new way of thinking
(d) Housing a family

5. Why does Mollie hold her new lover at bay with her affections?
(a) Because falling in love is really only lust in disguise to Molly
(b) Because falling in love is too painful for Mollie
(c) Because falling in love is not casual to Mollie
(d) Because falling in love is too scary for Molly

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both Mother Lovejoy and Sister honestly think of the state of Philip and Mollie's turbulent relationship during Act 1?

2. What is the best phrase to describe Philip's perception of his world during this dark time?

3. What does Philip employ as a winning strategy when he tells Mollie that he will die if she leaves him?

4. What did it take for Mollie to fall in love with Philip?

5. How does Mollie react when she learns what her ex-husband had intended to do just hours before his death?

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