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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Martha live alone with her father for most of her early life?
(a) She was adopted
(b) Her mother died early
(c) Her mother and father divorced
(d) Her mother disappeared for weeks on end

2. What does Martha do with chromosomes, according to George?
(a) Uses them as bath crystals
(b) Pours them on her cereal
(c) Ignores them
(d) Wears them like earrings

3. Which of these is not among the topics of which George claims to have limited knowledge?
(a) International cuisine
(b) Ocean levels
(c) Practical morality
(d) National boundaries

4. Where was George sailing past when he saw the moon come back up after going down?
(a) St. Croix
(b) Majorca
(c) Cape Cod
(d) Tripoli

5. As George talks about his "second novel," where does he suggest the Midwestern lover begin to "poke around" with each other?
(a) Under the vanity table
(b) In the hayloft
(c) Behind the general store
(d) At the drive-in

Short Answer Questions

1. In what liquor does George tell Martha to put the flowers?

2. To what literary heroine does Martha compare herself near the end of Act 1?

3. When Martha suggests that George should have listened to her in the bathroom, what does he suggest he would have done instead?

4. Which two descriptors does Martha confuse in comparing biology and math?

5. What philosophical leaning does Martha claim to hold?

(see the answer key)

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