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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in <i>A Thousand Clowns</i>?
(a) Nick.
(b) Murray.
(c) Irving R. Feldman.
(d) Chuckles the Chipmunk.

2. Where does Nick exit at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) He doesn't exit; he stays in the kitchen.
(b) Out the front door.
(c) Out the window.
(d) Through his bedroom door.

3. Who does Murray say eats secret caramels in the theater?
(a) Pink ladies.
(b) The teenagers.
(c) The ushers.
(d) The vendors.

4. Murray states that out of the mouths of babes comes what?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Babbling.
(d) Drooling.

5. What does Nick suggest Murray do before Child Welfare comes?
(a) Make coffee.
(b) Turn off the television.
(c) Get dressed and shaved.
(d) Clean the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do we first see when the lights come up in the first scene?

2. Before Albert leaves the apartment in Act 1, Part 3, what does he call Murray?

3. What does Murray say is almost as irresistible as pastrami?

4. What does Nick's mother come back to collect that she had abandoned?

5. What does Murray do when Albert and Sandra prepare to leave?

(see the answer key)

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