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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 the audience learn about the character named Woman at the opening of 'Suitcase'?
2. What does Visitor try to spray the suitcase with?
3. What does Visitor argue that Woman wants to call spiders?
4. What is the object Woman brings into the room in 'Suitcase' made of?
5. After asking Visitor if she can keep a secret, what does Woman bring into the room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hippie Boy sell in addition to the stick?
2. Why does Woman not want to open the suitcase? Why does Visitor think she has not opened it?
3. Why does Visitor think that whatever is in the suitcase is alive?
4. What does the person on the roof tell Woman from Hell and who confirms his story?
5. What is Visitor not interested in speaking about? How does Woman know this?
6. Why does Boxer enjoy fighting? What advice does he recall about his opponents?
7. What does Boxer record in his daily diary?
8. What does the offstage voice tell Boxer to do in round three?
9. What does the offstage voice in 'Suitcase' warn the women not to lose? How does voice describe the item he does not want them to lose?
10. Why does Boxer consider himself forgetful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the three plays in this collection are linked and why Abe chose to place these three plays in one collection? Start with 'Suitcase' and continue through 'The Man who Turned into a Stick.' Make sure to address the points in each play that share similar themes with the previous plays.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the titles in parentheses in Abe's play and explain why Abe chose that title and how it relates to the message of the play.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character of Boxer and what the play 'Cliff of Time' reveals about his personality and history. What is Abe trying to convey to the audience through this character?
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