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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group does Bensinger tell his paper will cause an uprising after the execution?
(a) The chamber of commerce.
(b) The city's socialists.
(c) The town council.
(d) The communist party.

2. What does the woman report to McCue, the reporter, at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A stolen car.
(b) A domestic disturbance.
(c) A peeping tom.
(d) A burglary.

3. As we learn in Act 1, Part 1, why is Bensinger protective of his desk?
(a) He is hiding things in the desk drawers.
(b) He is obsessed with germs.
(c) He doesn't like other reporters reading his files.
(d) He recently got a new desk and phone.

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

5. What does the sheriff say will never happen when the psychiatrist examines Williams?
(a) He will find that Williams is crazy.
(b) He will tell everyone that Williams should not be hung.
(c) He will find that Williams is not crazy.
(d) He will declare a mistrial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

2. What is the sheriff's reaction to the news of Hildy leaving the paper?

3. What is the loud noise heard outside of the press room in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does Hildy wonder about the fire in Act 1, Part 3?

5. According to Bensiger in Act 1, Part 1, what do the other reporters use his area as?

(see the answer key)

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