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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vincent Jones treat Rose?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He greets Rose and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He greets Rose and begins to harass her, moving his hands over her body.

2. What is one reason why Mr. Maurrant does not like foreigners?
(a) They do not speak English.
(b) They come to America, trying to change things.
(c) They are rude.
(d) They smell funny.

3. Where does this play begin?
(a) It is a typical suburban home in New Jersey with children playing in the front yard and a swingset in the back.
(b) There is a large Victorian-style home with a wrap around porch and grassy fields in the background.
(c) In a highrise apartment on the Upper Eastside of New York City.
(d) There is a walk up tenement style apartment located in a dodgy, dilapidated part of New York City, built in the 1890s.

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

5. 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) Out to dinner.
(d) To the concert in the park .

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose do when Sam kisses her?

2. What is Rose doing as her father gets back from the bar?

3. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?

4. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?

5. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?

(see the answer key)

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