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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 Claire unable to explain regarding her experiment?
(a) There is hope in growth.
(b) She wants the experiment to fail.
(c) She wants to create a never-before-seen color.
(d) She does not understand why the flower isn't blooming.

2. Who enters the room after the doctor gives his advice?
(a) Tom.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Dick.
(d) Claire.

3. What is Tom's condition when he arrives in the tower room?
(a) He is hesitant and does not enter the room.
(b) He is laughing.
(c) He is out of breath.
(d) He is angry, pointing a gun at the others.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a character apologize to Tom?

2. Why didn't Anthony answer the buzz from Harry?

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

4. What does the doctor prescribe for Claire?

5. What does Tom do when Claire tries to embrace him?

(see the answer key)

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