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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the blizzard symbolize?
(a) Death.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Outside forces.
(d) Ideas and creativity.

3. What does Harry help Hattie to do when he returns during the second part of Act 1?
(a) Lock the greenhouse door.
(b) Prepare breakfast.
(c) Greet the houseguests.
(d) Tend to the plants.

4. Which is the best description of Anthony?
(a) Husband of Claire.
(b) A middle-aged man.
(c) A house guest.
(d) A young man.

5. What do the random growth patterns of the plants represent?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Ideas and creativity.
(c) Outside forces.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom intend to go?

2. Who is Elizabeth?

3. Claire tries to strike Elizabeth with what?

4. What does Tom confide to Dick?

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

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