Act 3 Our Town Quiz

How many years have passed since Act II?

• Twenty-five years have passed.

• Only one year has passed.

• Sixteen years have passed.

• Nine years have passed.

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What is the setting of Act III?

• It is set in the schoolhouse.

• It is set in the cemetery.

• It is set in the Gibb's living room.

• It is set in the park.

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Some of the characters we have met previously are now dead. Which of the following is NOT dead?

• Mrs. Gibbs

• Professor Willard

• Mrs. Soames

• Mr. Stimson

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How does the stage manager describe death?

• He says that dead people get "weaned away from the earth." They gradually lose interest in the things they had and the people they love.

• He says that most people leave the world kicking and screaming, just the way they come into it.

• he says that death is a highly personal experience and can't really be accurately described except by the person who is dying, so we never really know what it is like.

• He is very matter-of-fact, and says it is just a part of life.

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A new character, Sam Craig, has been introduced. What is his function?

• The author is setting the play up so that we can write a sequel if this first one is well-received by the audience.

• It is a symbolism that things change.

• While the character is being filled in on background information, so is the audience.

• His function is to bring Grover's Corners into the modern world.

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How did Emily die?

• She contracted a rare disease. The doctor in town didn't know what it was, and by the time he sent her to a specialist in the city, she was too ill to be helped.

• She committed suicide by drowning.

• She was run over by a drunk-driver.

• She died in childbirth.

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Emily says, "they're sort of shut up in little boxes." Whom is she describing?

• She is describing the living.

• She is describing the dead.

• She is describing her brother's pet bugs.

• She is joking about how birthday and wedding presents must feel inside their boxes. In the play, the little boxes are symbols of people's small minds and petty problems.

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Emily says, "I never realized before how troubled and how...how in the dark live persons are." What does she mean?

• Now that she is in heaven, she is happy and her troubles are over.

• She was in a state of denial when she was alive, and thought everyone else was perfect.

• People get so busy with their own thoughts, ambitions, and problems that they don't take time to open themselves up to try and see, understand, and appreciate everything in the world.

• Death brings insight that life couldn't possibly give.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Mrs. Gibbs thinks even the least important days of our lives are full of the things we should appreciate and would miss if they were gone.

• True

• False

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What is the significance of the way the day of Emily's twelfth birthday begins?

• It showed that most people's lives are repetitious in nature.

• It foreshadowed her death.

• It emphasized that the climax of the play was in Act III.

• It served as a catharsis for the audience.

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