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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theater company originally produced Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Labyrinth Theater Company.
(b) Atlantic Theater Company.
(c) Horizon Theater Company.
(d) Roundabout Theatre Company.

2. Why does Pops complain about Lulu's attire in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She is wearing an evening gown.
(b) She is wearing red.
(c) She is wearing his shirt.
(d) She is scantily clad.

3. When did Pops hire a private nurse?
(a) When Junior was shot.
(b) When Oswaldo was shot.
(c) When he was shot.
(d) When his wife fell ill with cancer.

4. Where does Junior say Oswaldo was supposed to be going this morning in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Baltimore.

5. Who played the role of Pops in the original production of Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Austin Pendleton.
(b) Stephen McKinley Henderson.
(c) Victor Almanzar.
(d) Ron Cephas Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Junior tell Pops and Oswaldo not to mess with when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Why is Pops having a dispute with his landlord?

3. What character in the play is described as a recovering alcoholic?

4. Who are the lawyers that Pops has hired in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. The stage directions in the play's opening describe Pops's home as "a rent-controlled Palace ruled by" what (4)?

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