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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 Paris dream of at the beginning of the play?
(a) His father being a burglar
(b) His father reading to him
(c) His father joining the army
(d) His father teaching him skills

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

3. What does Sister strictly advise Mollie not to do in terms of her relationship with John Tucker?
(a) Have children with him
(b) Ask him to leave
(c) Marry him
(d) Hurt him

4. Where are Mother Lovejoy and Sister staying in anticipation of Philip's homecoming?
(a) Mother Lovejoy's house
(b) Mollie's house
(c) John Tucker's house
(d) Sister's house

5. What does John ask Mollie when he meets up with her in the house?
(a) John asks Mollie to wait for him
(b) John asks Mollie to help him build his house
(c) John asks Mollie for coffee
(d) John asks Mollie to marry him

Short Answer Questions

1. What bores Philip as he is talking with Mollie after his stay in the sanatorium?

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

3. If Philip were to re-marry Mollie, how would Mother Lovejoy benefit?

4. What does John confess his ex-wife did that destroyed their marriage and John's faith in marriage?

5. What is the name of the new man in Mollie's life?

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