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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) Because the birds understand each other so much better than would birds of any other kind.
(b) They are cardinals, just like the Cardinal.
(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. How do the two continue to insult one another?
(a) Each man begins to question the intimate relations of the other's mother and their resulting parentage.
(b) They do so with swinging fists.
(c) They whisper nasty remarks under their breath.
(d) They glare at one another.

3. How does Julian respond?
(a) That he is friends with the Cardinal.
(b) With the details of training to become a priest.
(c) He tells them all he knows about birds.
(d) By saying that the past six years of his life were blank but not black.

4. What will Julian do for Miss Alice?
(a) Take care of the menial details of her philanthropic bargain.
(b) Train her to be a priest.
(c) Allow her to stay in her home.
(d) Love her.

5. Julian is intrigued by the butler's coincidence. How does the Butler feel?
(a) Nonplussed about almost everything.
(b) Unsure about Julian.
(c) Just as excited.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second person react?

2. Julian says "It is God the mover, not God ______________."

3. What are both the butler and the lawyer, who have known each other for some time, quite eager to do?

4. What is said about the appropriateness of the two cardinals?

5. Why does the lawyer initiate a discussion of his animosity for the Cardinal?

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