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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?
(a) His cellmate, Bailey.
(b) The guard, Sam.
(c) His brother, John.
(d) His friend, Waldo.

2. 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 dies wealthy and a poet.
(b) He dies on his way to India.
(c) He never earns a fortune.
(d) He dies with a huge fortune and no poems.

3. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?
(a) Bailey, his cellmate.
(b) The jailer.
(c) The people outside.
(d) The birds on the clock tower.

4. What does Henry tell Waldo that he has to do, besides cast a vote in an election?
(a) Write letters to the politicians.
(b) Protest.
(c) Run for office.
(d) More.

5. What has Henry's Aunt Louisa done?
(a) Paid his tax bill.
(b) Told Sam to let Henry go.
(c) Come to visit.
(d) Come to console Henry's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydian suggest that Henry do while Waldo is away in England?

2. According to Henry, why is the government afraid of the choice he has made?

3. What is happening to Henry in this scene?

4. Sam says he cannot make that happen. What does Henry do?

5. What is Henry's advice when Bailey says he cannot swim?

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