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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What department store do Wyler and Alexa go to?

2. What brand of traveling suit does Alexa choose at the department store?

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 2 begin?

4. Alexa says Wyler is ". . . not the person you were born . . . You're the person . . ." What?

5. Where did Alexa see Wyler's photo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Wyler's first novel about?

2. What happened to Skunk's money, according to Alexa?

3. Why do Alexa's victims not stop her from scamming someone else?

4. How does Alexa find her victims, according to Kaden?

5. Why does Alexa want to meet with Wyler?

6. How does Wyler explain the slow development of the film's treatment?

7. What type of picture does Wyler want of himself?

8. What story does Alexa tell Wyler about Bethany Vance?

9. How does Bethany react when Wyler tells her Alexa referred to her as a masochist?

10. How does Alexa explain how putting on an art show is a good idea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of art imitating life is prevalent in the play. How is this theme depicted? How is this theme important to the play? What characters are involved in this theme's development? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 2

The playwright uses several instances of foreshadowing throughout the play. Identify the uses of foreshadowing. How do these situations foreshadow later events in the play? Why are these events important? What does the audience/reader learn from these events that the characters in the play do not? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

Before Alexa became Alexa, she was Brenda Gelb from Pennsylvania. Describe the transformation that Brenda makes to become Alexa Vere de Vere. What prompts this transformation? How does she accomplish changing her personality and actions to fit Alexa instead of Brenda? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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