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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Helping her with the beans.
(c) Sewing a quilt.
(d) Hanging laundry.

2. What does the stage manager say we do not know about ancient Rome and Greece?
(a) Their goals and aspirations.
(b) Their daily lives.
(c) Their appearances.
(d) Their belief systems.

3. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?
(a) On the train while traveling.
(b) At a town party.
(c) At home in her bed.
(d) Out west while visiting her daughter.

4. How does Mrs. Gibbs want to use the extra money she has coming in?
(a) Paint her house.
(b) Send her daughter to college.
(c) Go to Paris with her husband.
(d) Let her husband retire.

5. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?
(a) Sewing a quilt.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Getting ready for a party.
(d) Calling her children to breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Gibbs tell his wife he will not do while they chat in the yard together?

2. What does Dr. Gibbs say they must do to help Simon Stimson?

3. What does the stage manager say was wasted in Joe's death?

4. Who helps George with his homework?

5. What does Mr. Webb notice about the person he sees on the way home from work on the first day?

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