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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 14-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career did Flan used to hold?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Journalist
(c) Artist
(d) Investment banker

2. To what mythological figure does Ouisa compare Geoffrey when she describes him?
(a) Midas
(b) Jason
(c) Creon
(d) Theseus

3. What is the second prized item that Flan checks at the top of the play?
(a) The water color of the dog
(b) The Victorian inkwell
(c) The two-sided painting
(d) The first-edition Dickens

4. What word does Ouisa tell Flan not to use in this section?
(a) Quixotic
(b) Sumptuous
(c) Prolixity
(d) Superfluous

5. What did Paul's muggers take from him in addition to his wallet?
(a) His suitcase
(b) His sport coat
(c) His keys
(d) His class ring

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paul, Sidney Poitier lived for a time in a bus station across the street from what?

2. What ancient food item does Ouisa say is in the freezer when Paul offers to make dinner?

3. At the beginning of Act 1, what aspect of his state of being does Flan repeatedly mention?

4. Who do Ouisa and Flan address in the first half of this section?

5. In what country did Wassily Kandinsky die?

(see the answer key)

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