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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?
(a) He is chasing after his wife.
(b) His wife is in labor.
(c) The building is on fire.
(d) He forgot to buy groceries.

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

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

4. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?
(a) He is wasting electricity.
(b) It was increasing the temperature in their apartment.
(c) The room is bright enough without it.
(d) The light is bothering her.

5. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?
(a) That is just the way he is.
(b) All men just want to get their way.
(c) Mrs. Maurrant does not do her job.
(d) He has a stressful job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the group begin to break up?

3. What do Lippo and Mrs. Maurrant do as the group discusses music and their respective favorites?

4. On what does Mr. Maurrant lecture his wife?

5. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?

(see the answer key)

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