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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is known about Mrs. Maurrant when the doctor arrives?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is still breathing.
(c) She has minor injuries.
(d) She was not shot.

2. How can the audience see some of the activities of the apartment residents?
(a) They are performing their activities on the stoop.
(b) Through their windows.
(c) Small set are pulled to the front of the stage.
(d) The set opens up.

3. What is Mr. Filippo Fiorentino carrying as he enters the scene?
(a) Ice cream cones and a newspaper.
(b) A violin case and sheet music.
(c) His violin and five ice cream cones.
(d) Sheet music and a fiddle.

4. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?
(a) Everyone should be able to live in peace and accept each other's differences.
(b) Everyone should research the best options for improving the economy, rather than arguing over what they do not understand.
(c) Everyone should try to make the best of their lives.
(d) Everyone should find a job and quit complaining.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Maurrant have in a paper bag?

2. What does Sam do at Rose's request?

3. What is the audience able to see of this building?

4. What does Mrs. Maurrant do after she motions Mr. Sankey over to the window?

5. What does Fred find when he arrives?

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