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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?
(a) If he is available.
(b) What is wrong with the young man.
(c) Why he seems to like Rose.
(d) Why he is not married.

2. What does Rose do when Sam kisses her?
(a) His embrace is passionate, yet she does not respond.
(b) They embrace one another passionately.
(c) They are both timid and shy.
(d) His embrace is timide, while hers is passionate.

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

4. How does Mr. Easter make Rose uncomfortable?
(a) He asks to see her mother.
(b) He berates her for her behavior at work earlier that day.
(c) He tells her he loves her.
(d) He pressures her into letting him upstairs and forces a kiss.

5. What does a sign on the set say about Prof. Filippo Fiorentino?
(a) He is a law professor at Yale.
(b) He is a music professor at NYU.
(c) He is a biology professor at Princeton.
(d) He is a musician and teaches lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?

2. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?

3. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?

4. Over what do they argue?

5. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?

(see the answer key)

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