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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character's actions earlier in the play are similar to Burns' actions with Bensinger in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Louie.
(c) McCue.
(d) The mayor.

2. What is Endicott's version of how Williams escaped?
(a) He overpowered the psychiatrist with a gun and ran into the street.
(b) He bribed a police officer.
(c) He had an accomplice who helped him escape.
(d) A tear gas bomb exploded, causing enough of a commotion for him to escape.

3. What is Kruger, the reporter, doing at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Strumming a ukulele and singing.
(b) Talking with other reporters.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Strumming a banjo and singing.

4. Why does Peggy ask for the money from Hildy in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She needs to pay the cab fare.
(b) She doesn't believe Hildy's story.
(c) So she can take care of it.
(d) She knows he doesn't have it.

5. According the mayor in Act 2, Part 3, what isn't real?
(a) The murder Williams is accused of.
(b) The socialist scare.
(c) The freedom of the press.
(d) The sighting of Williams at the train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment do the reporters make about Hildy's appearance in Act 1, Part 3?

2. Who brings Mrs. Grant, Peggy's mother, in during Act 2, Part 2?

3. What does Louie inform the reporters his new job title is in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does Hildy accuse Burns of in Act 3, Part 1?

5. What does Hildy admit to Peggy during their argument in Act 2, Part 5?

(see the answer key)

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