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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teddy tell Ruth about the house?
(a) Teddy says he was born in the house.
(b) Teddy says that he has never liked the house.
(c) Teddy says the house is about to be sold.
(d) Teddy says that five generations have lived in the house.

2. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?
(a) Ruth's glass
(b) Lenny's lies
(c) Teddy's faithfulness
(d) The family album

3. After Sam, Lenny, Max, and Teddy have finished lunch and are smoking cigars, on what are they complimenting Ruth?
(a) Her intelligence
(b) Her clothes
(c) Her figure
(d) Her cooking

4. After Lenny mocks Teddy's inability to answer his question, what subject does the conversation change to?
(a) Violence in families
(b) The high price of clothing
(c) The importance of the study of anantomy
(d) How words and actions relate to each other

5. What is Ruth's response when Teddy asks her to go home?
(a) She is non-committal and almost non-responsive.
(b) She shouts at him to leave her alone.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She tries to reason with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters has been discussed but has never appeared on stage?

2. What does Sam do when Max collapses after verbally abusing Ruth?

3. Where does Ruth tell Lenny she and Teddy live?

4. When Lenny comes downstairs, what reason does he give for not being able to sleep?

5. Which character does Max refer to as a "maggot" and a "grub"?

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