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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Alice think about the lawyer's hair on his back, the fat between his shoulder blades, even his genitalia?
(a) She finds them revolting.
(b) They are unusual for a man.
(c) She loves every part of him.
(d) She finds them to be odd.

2. What does the butler say as he enters the room?
(a) Julian will no longer be seeing them this evening.
(b) Julian does not want to see them.
(c) Julian has run away.
(d) Julian has left the wine cellar and would be joining them presently.

3. Why does Julian ask whether or not someone will soon be available?
(a) To take photographs of him and the birds.
(b) To see him for his appointment.
(c) To get a tour of the garden.
(d) To confess his sins.

4. What does Julian say when Miss Alice invites him to talk about himself?
(a) He is very self deprecating and defers to the background information they already have on him, complete with the missing six blank years.
(b) He is open and honest.
(c) He gladly tells her his life story.
(d) He says nothing.

5. Why is Julian confused about Miss Alice's deafness, withered face, and gray and white matted hair?
(a) He did not realize how sorry he would feel for her.
(b) He is surprised she has no nurse to assist her.
(c) He wonders why she is not in a facility for the elderly.
(d) He was told by the Cardinal that the woman was neither ill nor old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Not to be outdone, what does the second person sling back?

2. About what do the lawyer and butler relentlessly question Julian?

3. When the lawyer enters the room to join in the dialogue, what is established?

4. What are of the expected variety in a place of this grandeur?

5. Who is cooing and talking to the birds, trying to engage them to interact with him?

(see the answer key)

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