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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Helping a woman give birth to twins.
(b) Preparing a man for death.
(c) Drinking at the local bar.
(d) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.

2. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees his daughter Emily on stage in the second scene?
(a) Asks her questions.
(b) Teases her.
(c) Yells at her.
(d) Embraces her.

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

4. Who tells Mr. Webb what George wants to be when he grown up?
(a) Mrs. Webb.
(b) George.
(c) Emily.
(d) The stage manager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb say of the people of the town that could be considered an insult?

2. What triggers the appearance of the Webb family at the beginning of the book?

3. Where was Emily just before she came on stage in the second scene?

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

5. What does Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?

(see the answer key)

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