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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. Who does Julian say he found crying, "Help me, help me... help me, oh God, God, help me... oh help, help?"
(a) The guard.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) His wife.
(d) The woman who thinks she is the Virgin Mary.

2. What is Miss Alice's response when Julian tries to explain to her that he wondered if he imagined so many things or whether so many things he thought had come to play in his imagination?
(a) She wants to take him back to the asylum.
(b) She finds him a perfect candidate for the priesthood.
(c) She suggests that he may just be describing what passes for sanity.
(d) She thinks he is still insane.

3. What are of the expected variety in a place of this grandeur?
(a) The beautiful, rare roses.
(b) A great arched doorway and the furnishings.
(c) The hand-embroidered banners hanging along the walls.
(d) The beautiful, exotic birds flying about.

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

5. How does the play open?
(a) In the garden of a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
(b) In a mansion.
(c) In Miss Alice's garden.
(d) In a Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Julian describe his loss of faith?

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

4. Over what do the two original characters banter a while longer?

5. What does Julian believe must happen in order to make it easier for men to live?

(see the answer key)

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