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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fayette believe is the advantage of keeping certain employees drunk?
(a) Keeps them out of mischief.
(b) They are easier to justify firing.
(c) You can cheat them out of wages.
(d) They work harder drunk than sober.

2. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Miller and Fatt.
(b) Miller and Fayette.
(c) Siegfried and Miller.
(d) Fayette and Siegfried.

3. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To talk about a strike.
(b) To play a game of cards.
(c) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(d) To listen to sports on radio.

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

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) A character moves to the front to speak.
(c) Someone gets into a shoving match with Fatt.
(d) He is told to quiet the crowd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna imply that her current financial situation is causing to happen to her?

2. What does Joe bring home from the war?

3. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?

4. What does Edna think about strikes?

5. What does Joe and Edna's daughter Emmy need before going to school the next day?

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