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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do the lawyer and butler relentlessly question Julian?
(a) His interest in birds.
(b) His training in the priesthood.
(c) His background.
(d) His relationship with the Cardinal.

2. How does this observer address the man who is cooing at the birds?
(a) Saint Michael.
(b) Sissy.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Birdlover.

3. What kind of conversation does the trio enter?
(a) Of mixed messages and misunderstandings.
(b) A light-hearted one.
(c) A serious one.
(d) Banter and jabs at each other's looks and interests.

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

5. What does Julian admit to the butler when the lawyer leaves?
(a) The blank six years of his life were spent in an insane asylum.
(b) He grew up in London.
(c) He was orphaned as a child.
(d) He has a wife and child in the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Julian ask a nurse or one of the attendants, "Could you tell me, did I preach last night?"

2. How does the play open?

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

4. Why is Julian part of this trio?

5. What happens to the conversation.

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