Cost of Living (play) Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 27:

1.

As Scene Three begins, what basic grooming activity is Jess performing for John? (from Scene Three)

She is helping him go to the toilet.

She is bathing him.

She is cutting his hair.

She is shaving him.

2.

What does John say is the reason that his body spasms in response to Jess’s gesture? (from Scene Three)

He says it is an instinctive reaching for another form of contact.

He says it happened because he is nervous about being touched by a woman.

He says it is an instinctive fear response.

He says it is simply a spasm of his nerves.

3.

What are some of the things that Eddie suggests that Ani try to make her apartment feel more like home? (from Scene Two )

Get a computer; move the furniture; do more physical therapy.

Change the paint color; start a support group that meets at the apartment; do more physical therapy.

Change the paint color; move the furniture; do more physical therapy.

Change the paint color; move the furniture; get some goldfish.

4.

What is the most likely reason that Eddie asks Jess what the area code for her phone is? (from Scene Nine, or Epilogue )

He is trying to get her phone number.

He is trying to figure out whether she at least has enough money for a phone.

He is trying to figure out whether they share the same service provider.

He is trying to figure out who has been texting him.

5.

What is Eddie drinking at the beginning of the play, and why is this significant? (from Prologue)

He is drinking seltzer: this, and the fact that he is slurring his words, suggest that he has had too much to drink as the scene begins.

He is drinking seltzer: this, and his dialogue, suggest that he once had a drinking problem.

He is drinking beer: this, and the fact that he is slurring his words, suggest that he has had too much to drink as the scene begins.

He is drinking wine: this, and the fact that he is verbally violent, suggest that he has a drinking problem.

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