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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 5, 6, and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes how the language of the play opens?
(a) Crudely filled with cursing and epithets.
(b) Proper English mixed with some slang terms.
(c) Eccentric and sometimes unintelligible language.
(d) A language foreign to theEnglish speaking reader.

2. What is the main plot line in Act 1 of this play?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Unfulfilled dreams.
(c) Death.
(d) Anger.

3. What happens after Manure makes his complaint?
(a) Pa walks away.
(b) Pa loses his temper.
(c) Pa takes back his offer to make Manure a duke.
(d) Pa punches Manure in the face.

4. Why does Ma get angry with Pa?
(a) He is calling her names.
(b) He is eating the food she is saving for her guests.
(c) He is using language she doesn't want her guests to hear.
(d) He is taking down the decorations that she put up.

5. What do soliloquys offer to the audience?
(a) The unique relationship between characters.
(b) Actions which can not be portrayed on a stage.
(c) The character's inner thoughts.
(d) Insight into motives of characters not introduced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people involved in the plan argue over?

2. What happens between Ma and Pa when the guests come in?

3. Which of the following is one of the main themes of this play?

4. What does Manure say to Pa's suggestion?

5. What does Pa do when he he gets tired of hearing what Ma has to say?

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