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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. Where is Joe killed?
(a) In a strange city of a strange disease.
(b) In a street brawl.
(c) In the war.
(d) In a car accident.

2. What question does the stage manager ask Emily while playing his first actual character?
(a) Why she is with George.
(b) Where she has been.
(c) If she won the election.
(d) Why she was crying.

3. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?
(a) He will die in a few days.
(b) He is an atheist.
(c) He is having an affair.
(d) He has a drinking problem.

4. What does Emily worry about as she drinks her soda with George?
(a) She doesn't know what to say.
(b) She likes George.
(c) She is late getting home.
(d) It was too expensive.

5. What does Mr. Webb add to the advice he gives George as they talk in the Webb's kitchen?
(a) He did the opposite of his advice and has always been happy.
(b) He really doesn't know if his advice will work or not.
(c) He should always do what he feels is best.
(d) He believes very strongly in that piece of advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George plan to do when he leaves his mother's house?

2. What is the first actual character that the stage manager plays?

3. What does the stage manager tell the audience they may do at the end of the first act?

4. Which state is this play set in?

5. What was so upsetting to Mrs. Gibbs about Simon earlier in the day when she is talking to Mrs. Webb?

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