The Great God Brown | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Prologue

1. What does the Brown family talk about?

2. Why is Mr. Brown angry at his business partner, Mr. Anthony?

3. In what way does the Anthony family contrast to the Brown family?

4. Why does Mr. Anthony not want Dion to attend college?

5. How does Mrs. Anthony change her husband's mind about sending Dion to college?

6. Summarize the epilogue.

Short Essay Question - Act 1, Scene 1

7. How does Billy react to Margaret's turning him down?