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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager tell the audience they may do at the end of the first act?
(a) Eat.
(b) Applaud.
(c) Leave.
(d) Smoke.

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

3. What does Mr. Webb do for the person he sees on his way home from work on the first day of the play?
(a) Hurries along home.
(b) Sends him home.
(c) Stops to listen to him.
(d) Comforts him.

4. 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) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(c) Drinking at the local bar.
(d) Preparing a man for death.

5. What is Howie Newsome's occupation?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Paperboy.
(d) Milkman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Gibbs say is something only done in big cities?

2. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?

3. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?

4. Where are Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs heading at the beginning of the third scene?

5. Who is the first character to speak in the second act?

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