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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?
(a) He never earns a fortune.
(b) He dies on his way to India.
(c) He dies wealthy and a poet.
(d) He dies with a huge fortune and no poems.

2. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?
(a) Lydian brings Waldo a note.
(b) Lydian hears it at the market and tells Waldo.
(c) Waldo wonders where Henry is and ends up at the jail.
(d) Waldo hears the news from a neighbor.

3. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) His rowing scares Ellen.
(b) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(c) Ellen does not love John as he thought.
(d) Ellen rejects him.

4. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?
(a) It is safer.
(b) It can suffocate you.
(c) It will get you out of jail faster.
(d) It is the right thing to do.

5. To what does Henry compare Waldo lecturing?
(a) An old college professor.
(b) A Roman emperor giving away gold coins
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) A Unitarian preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry and his mother keep talking, and she tells him she does not know who he is. How does he reply?

2. Why does Henry not hug Ellen?

3. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?

4. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?

5. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?

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