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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?
(a) She is rude and disrespectful towards the other tenants.
(b) She is new to the neighborhood, so they discuss what they know of her.
(c) Her husband is unkind to her, and she should divorce him.
(d) A man named Sankey has visited her for the third time this week.

2. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To a Broadway show.
(c) To the concert in the park .
(d) Out to dinner.

3. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?
(a) In one week.
(b) Next week.
(c) In one month.
(d) Tomorrow.

4. What is the lighting on the stage?
(a) Streetlights run along stage left and stage right.
(b) The janitor's apartment windows are lit, as are those in the first floor. There is a red light coming from the demolition site.
(c) There is a bright light, reperesenting the sun.
(d) The lights in the home are on.

5. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A summer dress.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A flowered housecoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Sankey arrives?

2. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?

3. How does Mr. Maurrant look when he arrives home?

4. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?

5. What is Sam Kaplan's opinion of the concert he had just seen?

(see the answer key)

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