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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. When does the play, Idiot's Delight, take place?
(a) In the late 1930s.
(b) In the late 1950s.
(c) In the late 1940s.
(d) In the late 1920s.

2. What does Irene do to change the mood of the hotel guests in the first scene of Act 2?
(a) She begins yelling.
(b) She enters the room.
(c) She starts crying.
(d) She begins telling jokes.

3. How does Irene respond to the notion of an air raid while talking to Weber?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is distressed.
(c) She is gleeful.
(d) She is clearly confused.

4. What is Irene excited about seeing, if an air raid occurs?
(a) A bright light.
(b) A snow explosion.
(c) The ground shake.
(d) A lot of people running.

5. What nationality are Irene's relatives, as she explains in the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Russian and English.
(b) French and English.
(c) Russian and American.
(d) French and American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to stopping at the hotel, where were the girls with Harry sleeping?

2. When did the planes that Irene questions Weber about take off?

3. What does Quillery prefer over war?

4. What is Quillery denied, causing him to return to the hotel in the first part of Act 2?

5. Where does Irene indicate a desire to be, in the first scene of Act 2?

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