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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a constant throughout the play?
(a) Bird calls.
(b) Noise: the noise of the city.
(c) The sound of the wind.
(d) A subway car going by under ground.

2. Why does Mr. Maurrant stop telling Sam why he is not going to Stanford for work?
(a) When he realizes that the shades are drawn to his apartment.
(b) He loses his train of thought.
(c) He sees his wife and Mr. Sankey walking down the street.
(d) He sees Rose walking down the street.

3. What was done with Sam's mother's body?
(a) She cremated, and her ashes were spread out at sea.
(b) She was cremated.
(c) She was buried in her native Jerusalem.
(d) She was buried.

4. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter she has always tried to do?
(a) Give Mr. Maurrant everything he has wanted and be a good wife.
(b) Have hope.
(c) Find a way to have her own freedom.
(d) Be happy with what she is given.

5. What do Lippo and Mrs. Maurrant do as the group discusses music and their respective favorites?
(a) Turn on the record player.
(b) Play the violin.
(c) Dance in the sidewalk.
(d) Sing a song.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Mr. Buchanan's wife due?

2. What are Mae Jones and Dick McGann doing as Rose passes them?

3. What is Sam's reply when Rose asks what happened?

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

5. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?

(see the answer key)

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