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1. The play focuses on the demise of a common working-class man, Eddie Carbone. Where does the tragedy take place?
2. Eddie agrees to shelter Beatrice's cousins, who enter the country as illegal immigrants. What are their names?
3. At the beginning of the play, Catherine tells Eddie that she has been offered a job working at a plumbing company in Nostrand Avenue. What is the job?
4. Changing the subject from Catherine's job, Eddie starts to talk about his work as a longshoreman instead. What did he mention he was unloading from ships earlier that day?
5. Alfieri is the choral figure in the play - he can comment on the action and address the audience but is powerless to prevent Eddie's tragedy. What is his occupation?
6. Eddie disapproves of Catherine's relationship with which of the following characters?
7. Which of these do the Italian-American community not have strong beliefs in?
8. Eddie thinks Rodolfo is a 'punk' for several reasons, one of them being that he can sing. What is the name of the song that Rodolfo sings on his first night in Red Hook?
9. Eddie finds it difficult to understand that there is nothing illegal about Catherine marrying Rodolfo. What action does this lead him to take against Rodolfo and his brother, Marco?
10. Eddie is killed with a knife following a confrontation in his apartment. Who kills him?
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