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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. When the lawyer enters the room to join in the dialogue, what is established?
(a) Julian is not ordained.
(b) The lawyer and the butler are brothers.
(c) The lawyer and the butler are friends.
(d) Julian is a priest.

2. What does the first man do in an attempt to fend off his feelings about being caught?
(a) He runs away.
(b) 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.
(c) He argues with the Cardinal.
(d) He begs the Cardinal to leave him alone.

3. Where does this scene open?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In a library of a mansion.
(c) In the chapel.
(d) In the dining room of a mansion.

4. How does the second person react?
(a) With tears.
(b) With joy.
(c) With surprise.
(d) With skepticism.

5. How does the butler feel about listening to Julian?
(a) Bored.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Enthralled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Alice say about the chairs in the various rooms?

2. Why is Julian confused about Miss Alice's deafness, withered face, and gray and white matted hair?

3. How does the second person make his insult more insulting?

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

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

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