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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does August state on the recorder that he intends to do at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Re-sort his life.
(b) Illustrate the current expedition.
(c) Go through what is left of the wreckage of the expedition.
(d) Write a letter to his wife.

2. How many villagers does Dan say supposedly were in Cahokia?
(a) Sixty thousand.
(b) Forty to fifty thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Three hundred.

3. How does Dan say is the only way to feel completely safe on the sidewalks of New York?
(a) Stoned.
(b) With a weapon.
(c) In daylight.
(d) Completely drunk.

4. The grave of the god-king represents what to August?
(a) The beginning of a new life.
(b) The end of the lake construction.
(c) The most important find in 40-years' work.
(d) His greatest disappointment.

5. Where does August say that the remains of an extensive village were discovered?
(a) Across the river.
(b) Not six hundred yards from the house.
(c) In the neighboring town.
(d) Under the lake bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August say his father did to Delia?

2. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?

3. How long is Jean taking off work?

4. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?

5. Why does Dan say he jumped into the water in the end of Act 1?

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