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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 does Kath pretend to do in the lounge in Act One?

2. What is the setting at the opening of the play?

3. What feature does Kath remark upon while bandaging him?

4. How many cars does Ed own?

5. What does Kemp say he witnesses his son engaged in when he is 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ed tell Sloane he cannot come live with him following Kemp's death?

2. Describe the "seedy situation" of the neighborhood. How does it come to be?

3. Name the different points of conflict that appear in Act Two.

4. What does Ed tell Sloane he has to do regarding Kemp's death? What is Sloane's response?

5. What is Ed's "take" on the situation between Kath and Tommy?

6. Why does Ed tell Kath that Kemp is going to be all right?

7. How is Sloane comparable to Orton the playwright?

8. What does Kemp attempt to tell Ed about Sloane? What does he show him as proof?

9. How does Kemp respond to Sloane's story of the happenings with Kemp's boss?

10. What happens 20 years ago between Ed and Kemp? What is their relationship now because of it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Ed and Kemp and between Kemp and Kath. How do these differ? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

How does Entertaining Mr. Sloane challenge the status quo of British society? How does it challenge sexuality?

Essay Topic 3

How does Entertaining Mr. Sloane cross the barriers of taboo regarding homosexuality? How does the play portray homosexuals without using explicit terms like "gay" or "homosexual"?

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