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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much time passes between the end of Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2?
2. Why does the family need to travel out of state?
3. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?
4. In what city will the business deal be finalized?
5. Who arrive at Regina's house very early in the morning?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Name and discuss two motifs of the play.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the irony in the use of the phrase "bad heart" to describe Horace's ailment. Was his heart bad in a way other than physically? Who truly has a "bad heart" in the play?
Essay Topic 3
This play is set after the Civil War, yet Addie and Cal are both basically powerless in their roles with the Giddens and Hubbard families. In those post-war times, why were African-Americans in the South still in subservient positions?
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