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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the lawyer comment to Miss Alice, "that will be our bird of prey?"
(a) To a knock at the door.
(b) To the butler eavesdropping.
(c) The Cardinal's innocence.
(d) To the birds flying around outside.

2. What would she like to do for the church for twenty years?
(a) Spend one day a month working for a charity.
(b) Teach Sunday school every week.
(c) Make a new robe for the priest every year.
(d) Give one hundred million dollars a year.

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

4. Over what do the two original characters banter a while longer?
(a) Their careers.
(b) The vice that money can be.
(c) Miss Alice's purpose for her donation.
(d) Each other's childhood nicknames.

5. What does the butler do?
(a) Teases the Cardinal.
(b) Enters and agrees that the model is an extraordinary piece of work.
(c) Dusts the model.
(d) Writes down the measurements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Alice begin a flirtatious conversation asking if he had been intimidated by herself or the lawyer, and if he had liked the butler?

2. What does the butler say Miss Alice will do?

3. How do the two continue to insult one another?

4. For whom is the larger of the two chairs?

5. Who is cooing and talking to the birds, trying to engage them to interact with him?

(see the answer key)

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