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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best description of Hattie?
(a) A house guest.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A maid.
(d) Wife of Harry.

2. What does Claire ask Harry to do when she goes downstairs?
(a) Play the music louder.
(b) Return to the tower room.
(c) Invite the doctor to dinner.
(d) Turn off the Victrola.

3. What does the first character do after coming onstage?
(a) Answer a telephone.
(b) Press a buzzer.
(c) Prepare breakfast.
(d) Lock the greenhouse door.

4. What does Claire tell Tom regarding "The Breath of Life?"
(a) The plant has died.
(b) The experiment no longer interests her.
(c) The plant will not bloom for another two weeks.
(d) She will know tomorrow if the experiment has been successful.

5. What does the doctor prescribe for Claire?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Rest.
(c) Medication.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many characters are insane at the end of the play?

2. Which character's behavior represents the unrest of many women in the U.S. as the Women's Rights Movement begins to take root?

3. Which man loves Claire for her exterior self?

4. Who is Elizabeth?

5. What does the second house guest do when he sees that no one can help him enter the greenhouse?

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