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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does Claire say she needs to be rescued?
(a) Adelaide's attacks on her character and ways of thinking.
(b) Being forced to work long hours in the greenhouse.
(c) Being trapped in a house with no heat.
(d) Being trapped in a tower room.

2. Which is the best description of the doctor?
(a) He rejects the belief that rest and isolation can help cure a hysterical patient.
(b) He rejects new Freudian theories.
(c) He specializes in botany.
(d) He is in love with Claire.

3. Which character says he or she is perfectly happy with the role society has dictated?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Tom.
(c) Claire.
(d) Harry.

4. What is the doctor's area of practice?
(a) Botany.
(b) Orthopedics.
(c) Numerology.
(d) Psychology.

5. What does Harry confide to the first house guest?
(a) He no longer loves Claire.
(b) Claire is having an affair.
(c) Claire has hidden the salt and pepper.
(d) He is considering having a doctor friend observe Claire's behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is annoyed at being interrupted?

2. When did Dick leave the house according to the conversation early in Act 3?

3. Who is the only character onstage when the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?

4. Which man loves Claire for her exterior self?

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

(see the answer key)

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