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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peggy's reaction to the missing money in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She is surprised.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She doesn't care about it.

2. What does Hildy explain to Peggy that he told Burns in the beginning of Act 2, Part 2?
(a) That he was going to the party.
(b) That he was leaving the paper.
(c) That he was staying with the paper temporarily.
(d) That he was going to the train station.

3. What job does Hildy tell the reporters he is quitting the paper for?
(a) An advertising job.
(b) A job as a police officer.
(c) An accounting job.
(d) A job as a lawyer.

4. What do the reporters rudely suggest that Mollie is in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) A liar.
(b) A jealous person.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A thief.

5. What does the mayor want to know from the sheriff in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) How soon they can capture Williams again.
(b) If the psychiatrist gave Williams the gun voluntarily.
(c) Why his men didn't shoot Williams.
(d) If Williams got the gun from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louie think about Hildy quitting in Act 1, Part 2?

2. The purpose of Act 2, Part 3 is to illustrate what major difference in the characters of Hildy, the mayor, and the sheriff?

3. In Hildy's speech in Act 1, Part 3, what kind of life does he say a reporter has?

4. Where does the sheriff say his men have cornered Williams in Act 2, Part 2?

5. What does Hildy's response to the fire show in Act 1, Part 3, that some view as contradictory to his other behavior in the play so far?

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