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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. How does Julian respond?
(a) With the details of training to become a priest.
(b) That he is friends with the Cardinal.
(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.

2. How does Miss Alice challenge Julian?
(a) To an arm wrestling competition.
(b) To know more about his life.
(c) To tell him what he thinks of her.
(d) She asks him why he is a lay brother and not a priest.

3. What species of bird is in the birdcage?
(a) Doves.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Wrens.
(d) Cardinal.

4. Why does Alice want to do this for the church?
(a) She is burdened with too much wealth.
(b) She wants to give back to the needy.
(c) She loves children.
(d) She loves to sew.

5. What does the first man do in an attempt to fend off his feelings about being caught?
(a) He begs the Cardinal to leave him alone.
(b) He argues with the Cardinal.
(c) He overcompensates with his behavior toward the Cardinal, kneeling to kiss his ring and addressing him in the third person to keep the situation and conversation impersonal.
(d) He runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Alice say hello?

2. Because the mansion is so large, what must she do?

3. What does Miss Alice do when Julian tries to explain one more time that there is nothing much to tell, and it is simply a matter of his faith in God leaving him, and he committed himself to an asylum?

4. How does the play open?

5. Who does Julian say he found crying, "Help me, help me... help me, oh God, God, help me... oh help, help?"

(see the answer key)

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