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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. How does the play open?
(a) In a Catholic Church.
(b) In Miss Alice's garden.
(c) In a mansion.
(d) In the garden of a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

2. What do the two discuss about the details of this creation?
(a) When the church was built.
(b) How many birds are in the estuary.
(c) Whether or not there might be another model of the room inside the model's library, and so on and so on.
(d) Whether or not there is a more beautiful garden in the country.

3. What has Julian become during his stay at the mansion?
(a) A man.
(b) A tremendous help.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A priest.

4. What does the butler do at the sound of the chime?
(a) He tells Julian it is time to leave.
(b) He leaves the room.
(c) He moves to escort Julian to see Miss Alice.
(d) He answers the door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Alice's response when Julian pleads with her to explain what had just happened to him?

2. To what building's architecture is this building compared?

3. Why do the butler and Julian run to the chapel?

4. What becomes clearer as the first person becomes more verbal and forthright about the second?

5. Who does Julian describe as a quiet, plain woman with soft features; one year or so on either side of forty, married to the owner of a dry goods store?

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