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

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) Makes them members of the workers' committee.
(c) Blacklists them for expulsion from the union.
(d) Reveals each one slowly as the "voice."

2. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?
(a) Toys.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) Stress and anxiety.
(d) Rickets.

3. Who initially insists that the action of many can accomplish what one cannot?
(a) Edna.
(b) Miller.
(c) Fatt.
(d) Dr. Barnes.

4. What is Joe paying his dues to?
(a) A Masonic order.
(b) The country club.
(c) A union.
(d) The Rotary Club.

5. What motivates the Gunman to move from his original position to center stage?
(a) He is checking the agenda located on the table.
(b) He is told to quiet the crowd.
(c) A character moves to the front to speak.
(d) Someone gets into a shoving match with Fatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Joe and Edna?

2. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?

3. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?

4. Why is a character called a "red?"

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

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