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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it appropriate?
(a) They are cardinals, just like the Cardinal.
(b) Because the birds understand each other so much better than would birds of any other kind.
(c) The Cardinal is no more intelligent than a bird.
(d) The lawyer and the Cardinal are friends that have grown up in the same household.

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

3. Who was Saint Francis?
(a) A pope.
(b) A martyr burned at the stake.
(c) A friend to all animals who often talked to creatures, even birds of the sky.
(d) A man who hunted wild animals.

4. What does the first man not leave without?
(a) Making a rude comment to Miss Alice.
(b) Hugging the second man.
(c) A snide comment or two.
(d) Kissing Miss Alice on the cheek.

5. Who is studying this creation from all angles?
(a) Julian.
(b) Miss Alice.
(c) The Cardinal.
(d) The lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in massive scale?

2. What happens to the conversation.

3. What becomes evident about the two men as the conversation shifts?

4. How do the two continue to insult one another?

5. Who delights in the lawyer's discomfort?

(see the answer key)

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