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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hannah ask Shannon if he is planning to conduct?

2. What does Shannon say Fred may have thought Maxine had turned into?

3. What item of his clothing has Shannon taken off?

4. What does Maxine say an iguana tastes like?

5. What does Shannon call Hannah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Shannon's breakdown affects one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Shannon's character to the person he is at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end of the play.

1) What does Shannon hope to achieve at the start of the play?

2) What events changes Shannon's ideas about life?

3) What does the author suggest will be Shannon's future?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Hannah and Shannon.

1) In what ways are they similar people?

2) Why does Williams suggest a real relationship could never develop between them?

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