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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of report does the Captain say he has to have?

2. What does Billy tear into four pieces?

3. Which character in Act 4, Scene 1 says "Got him!"?

4. What does Margaret call Billy?

5. What does the author say the expression on Billy's face suggests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1920s.

1. In what way are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes America was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1920s America?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Billy and Dion's characters.

1) What made them close friends?

2) How are their ideas about life different?

3) How do their differences prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the play's themes?

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