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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the characters assemble in the first scene?
(a) To talk about a strike.
(b) To play a game of cards.
(c) To eat dinner at a restaurant.
(d) To listen to sports on radio.

2. What is being developed in Laboratory A?
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) A newly designed gas mask.
(c) A cure for tuberculosis.
(d) Poison gas.

3. What is the state of health of Florence's mother?
(a) Fair.
(b) She is a hypochondriac.
(c) She is sick in bed.
(d) She is a healthy busybody.

4. What is one reason Joe gives for strikes sometimes failing?
(a) Strikers usually accept that a strike isn't needed.
(b) Strikes fail because they are dishonorable.
(c) Slackers don't work hard enough to win.
(d) One person can't win against the union.

5. Why is the research in Laboratory A so important at the time of the play?
(a) It protects soldiers fighting in the current war.
(b) It saves lives from disease.
(c) It is just regular research and not that important.
(d) It prepares the United States for future wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Scene 3?

2. What reasons does Joe give for not making more money?

3. What is the role of the character chewing on a toothpick?

4. What is Clayton's relationship to the Voice?

5. Who are the two Hollywood stars imitated by the buying public?

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