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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sam interrupt his father and Lippo?
(a) To tell his father he is moving out.
(b) To tell his father that the police are going to make him testify against Mr. Maurrant.
(c) To tell his father that he and Rose are running away.
(d) To tell them to stop discussing it.

2. What does Fred tell the crowd?
(a) Two men are dead in this apartment.
(b) The shots were a false alarm.
(c) Mrs. Maurrant and another woman are dead.
(d) A man has shot his wife and another man.

3. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?
(a) A summer dress.
(b) A fur coat.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A flowered housecoat.

4. What does Lippo tell Rose about the high temperature?
(a) It is the hottest weather he has felt in many years.
(b) It reminds him of the weather in Greece, where he grew up.
(c) It is bothering his arthritis.
(d) It is reminiscent of the weather in Italy where he grew up.

5. What do the women do, after Mr. Sankey's arrival?
(a) They go back to their previous activities.
(b) They wonder why Mr. Sankey is at the apartment.
(c) They discuss the quality of the milk he sells.
(d) They disparage Mrs. Maurrant's character, one of them calling her a whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Buchanan see as he exits the building?

2. What does Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?

3. How does Mrs. Maurrant respond when her daughter implies that Mr. Maurrant may be more kind, if her mother would not have a relationship with someone outside this marriage?

4. Where was Mr. Maurrant hiding?

5. Where does this play begin?

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