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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?
(a) Has them all speak in Scene 1.
(b) Blacklists them for expulsion from the union.
(c) Reveals each one slowly as the "voice."
(d) Makes them members of the workers' committee.

2. Who is referred to as having "more guts than a slaughter house?"
(a) Lefty.
(b) Fatt.
(c) The Gunman.
(d) Joe

3. What two unions have failed at past strikes?
(a) Teamsters and canners.
(b) Dock and auto workers.
(c) Textile and taxi drivers.
(d) Textile and steel.

4. What source is suggested as proof to backup Fatt's claims?
(a) The newspapers.
(b) The radio.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Union mazagine.

5. Who does Joe call a Wop?
(a) Fatt.
(b) Himself.
(c) Lefty.
(d) The Voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the president as named in this scene?

2. What do the workers demand from the union leader?

3. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?

4. What does Joe mean when he refers to "black and blue boys?"

5. What does Fatt do to send the Gunman back to his original position?

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