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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 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?
(a) His concern for the other reporters.
(b) His fascination of disasters.
(c) His reporter's instinct.
(d) His desire to help people in need.

2. What does Murphy say the Sheriff and Mayor will get a lot of after the execution?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Protests.
(c) Thank you cards.
(d) Votes.

3. What does Hildy wonder about the fire in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) If it is at the school.
(b) If it has been put out yet.
(c) If it is at the gallows.
(d) If it is nearby.

4. What does Kruger ask will happen as a result of Williams's escape?
(a) There will be a socialist uprising.
(b) There will be more murders.
(c) The sheriff will be fired.
(d) The mayor will close the train station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pace does the play set during Act 1, Part 1, particularly where the dialogue is concerned?

2. What are the authors signaling in Act 2, Part 1 with Hildy's account of the jailbreak?

3. What is Hildy trying to do as Williams falls from the window?

4. What does Burns keep asking Hildy at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?

5. According to Hildy in Act 2, Part 1, what did the psychiatrist do during Williams's examination?

(see the answer key)

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