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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Max give for Sam having never married?
(a) He can't afford to get married.
(b) He hates women.
(c) He's too busy having sex in the back seat.
(d) He's never met the right woman.

2. Where does Ruth say she and Teddy have been vacationing?
(a) Australia
(b) England
(c) America
(d) Italy

3. What does Ruth dare Lenny to do?
(a) Sit on her lap and take a sip from a glass.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Wake everyone up.
(d) Tell her a secret.

4. How long ago did Teddy move out of the family home?
(a) Many years
(b) A week
(c) Several months
(d) Several days

5. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?
(a) He asks if his brother is home.
(b) He wonders if the roof has been repaired.
(c) He asks where the newspaper is.
(d) He wonders if there is any food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lenny say when Ruth asks how he knew the prostitute was diseased?

2. How are Teddy and Ruth related to Max?

3. What does Teddy suggest to Ruth after they have been home awhile?

4. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?

5. As the play begins, Lenny is in the living room of the house where he lives with which two other people?

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