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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one item that stands out in the greenhouse?
(a) A broken window.
(b) A huge plant, clinging to the back wall.
(c) A dead plant.
(d) A gun.

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

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

4. Who will be a guest at dinner?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A botanist.
(c) A minister.
(d) A divorce attorney.

5. What is Claire's opinion regarding typical female roles?
(a) She believes men are superior to women.
(b) She believes women are superior to men.
(c) She rejects such notions.
(d) She strives to fulfill her traditional role.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worries that the cold weather will have adverse effects on the plants?

2. Who does Claire beg to take her away from the house?

3. Which is the best description of the doctor?

4. What does the second house guest have in his hand when he first arrives?

5. What is the first thing the audience sees in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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