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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does this play begin?
(a) In a highrise apartment on the Upper Eastside of New York City.
(b) There is a walk up tenement style apartment located in a dodgy, dilapidated part of New York City, built in the 1890s.
(c) There is a large Victorian-style home with a wrap around porch and grassy fields in the background.
(d) It is a typical suburban home in New Jersey with children playing in the front yard and a swingset in the back.

2. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?
(a) If he enjoys his job.
(b) If he is suspicious of his wife's relationship with the milkman.
(c) Why he is so grumpy all the time.
(d) If he really loves his wife and children.

3. Who tries to help Rose by yelling at Vincent?
(a) Mr. Maurrant.
(b) Mr. Jones.
(c) Sam Kaplan.
(d) Mr. Buchanan.

4. What is one reason why Mr. Maurrant does not like foreigners?
(a) They do not speak English.
(b) They smell funny.
(c) They come to America, trying to change things.
(d) They are rude.

5. How does Mr. Buchanan seem?
(a) Excited.
(b) Angry.
(c) Scared.
(d) Nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice Simpson represent?

2. How does the scene end?

3. How does Mr. Maurrant look when he arrives home?

4. What does Mrs. Jones tell the group about marriage?

5. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?

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