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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fatt plan to convince the workers that strikes don't work?
(a) Pass out copies of the Philadelphia report.
(b) Present experience as evidence.
(c) Read them the latest edition of the newspaper.
(d) Give a persuasive speech.

2. Why is Dr. Barnes upset at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) He didn't have his morning drink.
(b) His best worker just quit.
(c) He was outvoted by the board.
(d) He lost money in a poker game the night before.

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

4. How does Agate feel about his disability?
(a) Resentful, because it disfigures him.
(b) Proud, because it signals his working class status.
(c) It is unbecoming of a man of his stature.
(d) Ashamed, because it signals his working class status.

5. What symbolic act does Benjamin perform at the end of his meeting with Dr. Barnes?
(a) He removes his lab coat.
(b) A handshake.
(c) A Communist salute.
(d) A raised clenched fist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fatt ask to stop the talkative Voice?

2. Who are the hack and his girl?

3. What does Edna fear will happen to the kids' bodies if they don't eat better?

4. What saves Agate from severe injury?

5. Why does Joe think the workers need to strike?

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