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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sid need to satisfy Irv?
(a) A newer car.
(b) An education.
(c) More money.
(d) To ask Florence to marry him.

3. What does Joe bring home from the war?
(a) A new wife.
(b) A medal.
(c) An angry disposition.
(d) Shrapnel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benjamin feel that he will not be affected by the ward closing?

2. What symbolic act does Benjamin perform at the end of his meeting with Dr. Barnes?

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

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

5. Why does the Voice correct Fatt's mileage estimate?

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