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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?
(a) To fire him.
(b) To tell him about his new job.
(c) To have lunch because they are friends.
(d) To get dirt on other employees.

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

4. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?
(a) They might disturb the game on the radio.
(b) They are going out for the evening.
(c) Because the children will realize they haven't eaten supper.
(d) They want some private time to themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do Joe and Edna pay for rent?

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

3. What does a main character complain that the talk of Lefty has turned the meeting into?

4. What color is the hair of Joe and Edna's children?

5. How is Fatt described?

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