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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upsets Delia after the completion of her novel?
(a) She thought it was awful.
(b) She believed her publisher wouldn't buy it.
(c) She thought the transcriber hadn't liked it.
(d) She had lied while writing it.

2. Who tells Delia that the book is a success and "she was a failure?"
(a) Her husband.
(b) August.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her publisher.

3. Delia admits to Jean in Act 1 that she is what?
(a) Miserable.
(b) A hypochondriac.
(c) A liar.
(d) Terrified.

4. What does Delia consider her most serious "sin" to be?
(a) Lying.
(b) Humiliating herself.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Cheating.

5. Who carries Delia into the house in Act 1?
(a) Dan.
(b) No one.
(c) Chad.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chad offer to give Jean in Act 1?

2. Who is revealed to be having an affair with Cynthia near the end of Act 1?

3. What does Delia compare the novel she wrote to in Act 2?

4. Why does Dan rattle on during his conversation with Delia in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?

5. What does Chad have a model of in Act 1?

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