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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 song ends Act 1, Scene 5?
2. What is the name of the boy who approaches Heidi for a dance?
3. What relationship is Heidi to Peter, according to Scoop?
4. Where is Lisa from?
5. How does Heidi begin her path toward feminism?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Heidi resentful of Peter?
2. What is Heidi and her friend Debbie protesting in 1974?
3. What is one personality characteristic that Scoop sees in Heidi and how does he feel about this characteristic?
4. By reading the Prologue, what facts do we learn about Heidi and the play in general?
5. Describe the subject Heidi discusses in her class in 1989.
6. How do Heidi and Peter meet?
7. Scoop Rosenbaum takes a sweeping view of Heidi's personality characteristics. Overall, what are Scoop's feelings towards Heidi? What does he admire?
8. What reason does Scoop give for marrying Lisa rather than Heidi?
9. What does Lisa do to save face at her wedding reception?
10. Describe Heidi's personality.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Scoop and Heidi were involved off and on for a number of years, yet Heidi attends Scoop and Lisa's wedding. What were the undercurrent of emotions going on throughout the day? Pick two characters, in addition to Scoop and Heidi, and discuss their emotional state and the reason(s) behind their feelings. Were they open/hidden regarding their emotions? What did this wedding represent on different levels for some of the characters?
Essay Topic 2
Peter tells Heidi that he is gay. What does Heidi struggle with when Peter tells he that he is gay? Do you, as the reader, think that Heidi might have suspected? What clues, if any, are provided in the play up to that point that might have given away Peter's sexual orientation? In this scene, with this news, does Heidi exhibit stereotypical female behavior? If so, what behavior(s)?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the relationship/feminist differences between Susan and Heidi, beginning with the high school dance in 1965.
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