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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the setting in Act 2's symbolism ironic?
(a) The lock on the door is broken.
(b) The prisoner has put herself in the prison.
(c) The characters are not religious.
(d) The household has no queen.

2. Why does one character strangle another?
(a) Tom realizes Claire will never stay faithful.
(b) Claire realizes Tom is just like others who want to mold her and decide what should make her happy.
(c) Harry wants to save his marriage.
(d) The plant is jealous of all men.

3. When the plant is brought into the room, which character is chagrined?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Harry.
(d) Claire.

4. Why are three of the male characters named "Tom, Dick, and Harry"?
(a) Because the author had little imagination.
(b) To make their names easy to remember.
(c) To imply that they are ordinary men.
(d) The names were translations from the play's original language.

5. Which is the best description of Tom?
(a) A poet.
(b) An artist.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dick returned to do, according to the conversation early in Act 3?

2. Who joins Claire, Tom, and the third character in the tower?

3. Who is the only character onstage when Act 3 opens?

4. Which plant is not thriving?

5. Who first joins Claire and Tom in the tower room after she goes back upstairs?

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