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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene Two .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?
(a) Prisoners banging on cell walls.
(b) The guards yelling.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Doors being locked.

2. Where is John hiding at the start of Scene Two so that he cannot see Winston changing?
(a) Behind his hands.
(b) In the corner.
(c) Behind the bucket.
(d) Under a blanket.

3. What term does Winston use in regards to the play, which John says is the same term Hodoshe uses in regards to their convictions?
(a) Gobbledygook.
(b) Hocus Pocus.
(c) Nonsense.
(d) Child’s play.

4. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?
(a) Give them a standing ovation.
(b) Throw roses on the stage.
(c) Listen.
(d) Clap.

5. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His eye.
(b) His arm.
(c) His hand.
(d) His ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?

2. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?

3. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?

4. When John and Winston first met, he had just returned from his trial, which was where?

5. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

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