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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 Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?
(a) How they can sit and read all day long.
(b) Why they do not go to a church.
(c) Why they are Jewish.
(d) How they can read the newspaper in Hebrew.

2. What is a constant throughout the play?
(a) The sound of the wind.
(b) Noise: the noise of the city.
(c) Bird calls.
(d) A subway car going by under ground.

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

4. Why does Miss Cushing enter the scene excitedly?
(a) She has won the lottery.
(b) She cannot find her wallet.
(c) She has not heard from her children in two days.
(d) She has just seen Mrs. Maurrant and Mr. Sankey together.

5. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?
(a) She does not like him.
(b) Her father will be upset to see them together.
(c) It is getting late.
(d) Or the whole building will be gossiping about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice Simpson represent?

2. What does a sign on the set say about Prof. Filippo Fiorentino?

3. What do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?

4. What do the neighbors do when Ms. Simpson argues with Mrs. Hildebrand?

5. What has the country's heat wave caused?

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