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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire require the second house guest to do before she will let him enter the greenhouse?
(a) Put away his gun.
(b) Retrieve salt from the house.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Retrieve pepper from the house.

2. What does Claire ask Tom to do in Act 2?
(a) Go to India.
(b) Apologize to Harry.
(c) Destroy the greenhouse.
(d) Be her partner so they can search for meaning together.

3. When Claire and Tom are alone in the tower, what does Claire admit?
(a) She loves Dick and Harry.
(b) She loves Tom.
(c) She loves Anthony.
(d) She loves only her plants.

4. What is the second sound the audience hears in Act 1?
(a) Wind.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A conversation.
(d) A buzzer.

5. Who is the only character onstage at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Claire.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?

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

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

5. Which is the best description of Dick?

(see the answer key)

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