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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Claire, Tom, and the third character in the tower?
(a) Dick, Adelaide, and the doctor.
(b) The doctor and Adelaide.
(c) The doctor and Harry.
(d) Dick and Adelaide.

2. What does the doctor prescribe for Claire?
(a) Rest.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Medication.
(d) Therapy.

3. In what time period does the play take place?
(a) The Elizabethan era.
(b) The early twenty-first century.
(c) The mid 1800's.
(d) The early 1900's.

4. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?
(a) A room in a tower.
(b) The interior of a greenhouse on a sunny, snowy morning.
(c) An unusual plant in a shaft of light.
(d) Outdoors in a blizzard, with a greenhouse visible.

5. What does the protagonist ultimately do to make room for change and new growth?
(a) Love more than one man.
(b) Divorce her husband.
(c) Care for plants.
(d) Destroy the things she loves most.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the gunshot aimed?

2. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?

3. Claire tries to strike Elizabeth with what?

4. What is the doctor's last name?

5. When the plant is brought into the room, why is a character chagrined?

(see the answer key)

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