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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the audience sees in Act 1?
(a) An unusual-looking plant.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A greenhouse.

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

3. What does Claire try to explain to the men over breakfast?
(a) The joy of letting things grow without restriction.
(b) Why there is no heat in the house.
(c) Why she doesn't spend more time with her daughter.
(d) Why she is unhappy in her marriage.

4. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?
(a) A room in a tower.
(b) An unusual plant in a shaft of light.
(c) Outdoors in a blizzard, with a greenhouse visible.
(d) The interior of a greenhouse on a sunny, snowy morning.

5. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?
(a) The interior of Claire's heart.
(b) The interior of the house.
(c) Tom and Claire's relationship.
(d) Harry and Claire's relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Elizabeth from being struck?

2. Claire tries to strike Elizabeth with what?

3. Which is the best description of Claire and Elizabeth's reunion?

4. Who is the second house guest to arrive at the greenhouse?

5. What is the special plant in the greenhouse called?

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