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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the rumors about Brick and Skipper?
(a) That they had affairs with each other's wives
(b) That they were ruthless business partners
(c) That they were lovers
(d) That they filed bankruptcy

2. What is Mae's family background?
(a) Poor white trash from Tupelo
(b) Cultured family from New Orleans
(c) Prominent family in Memphis
(d) A snooty family from Boston

3. Who does Maggie think will be named the primary beneficiaries in Big Daddy's will?
(a) Mrs. Pollitt
(b) Brick and Maggie
(c) The church
(d) Gooper and Mae

4. What question has been puzzling Big Daddy lately?
(a) Whether to build a swimming pool
(b) Who should oversee the plantation
(c) To whom to leave the plantation
(d) What to plant next spring

5. Big Daddy tells Big Mama that she is no longer in charge of the plantation because ________________________.
(a) He has sold it
(b) He has left it to Brick
(c) He has left it to Gooper
(d) He is healthy now

Short Answer Questions

1. What function does the setting also serve?

2. What does Maggie offer Brick as some relief from the summer heat?

3. How are the two main characters related?

4. What is the setting of Act 2?

5. What does Brick say the world is full of?

(see the answer key)

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