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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What belief does Trock have about the local authorities?
(a) Only those who can be bribed can be trusted.
(b) They are all liars.
(c) He no longer cares about authority.
(d) They want him back in prison.

2. Why does Shadow think Trock should be "full of high thought?"
(a) He just got out of prison.
(b) Thoughts indicate a person's state of mind.
(c) His health is not good.
(d) He is a role model.

3. How does Lucia describe Trock and Shadow in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) As a nice boy.
(b) As something the river washed up.
(c) A the strangest bird he's seen all day.
(d) As the bees knees.

4. What comfort does Shadow offer Trock in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) There is no evidence to convict him.
(b) He is young and will heal.
(c) True love always waits.
(d) His friends will remember him.

5. Who is "the doc at the gate?"
(a) The prison doctor.
(b) The physician at the local hospital.
(c) Saint Peter.
(d) The doorman of the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piny sell?

2. What time of day does the play open?

3. Where does Lucia imagine Trock was raised?

4. Why does Trock shout in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What does Lucia tell Piny to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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