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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lefty?
(a) Chairman of the workers committee.
(b) A spy for the union.
(c) The best card player in the poker game.
(d) A left-handed worker.

2. What is the last action in Scene 3?
(a) Miller storms out of the office.
(b) Fayette throws Miller out of the office.
(c) Miller punches Fayette in the nose.
(d) Miller finally agrees to spy on his supervisor.

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

4. Who is the president as named in this scene?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Truman.

5. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?
(a) He asks for comments from workers.
(b) He describes his last evening meal.
(c) He asks workers to raise their hands.
(d) He asks workers for a voice vote of yes or no.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Joe and Edna's bills needs to be paid right away?

2. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?

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

4. What quality in employees does the company reward?

5. Who is the smoker and drinker in Scene 3?

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