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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 George talk about after his parents go to bed?

2. What is Joe's occupation?

3. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?

4. What does Mr. Webb congratulate Emily on when they talk during the second scene?

5. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a university professor tell the audience about?

2. What does George do when he visits Emily's grave?

3. What is the first actual character that the stage manager plays?

4. What frustrates Emily about her parents when she returns to her life?

5. Where has Dr. Gibbs been when he first appears on stage?

6. What does Rebecca tell George her friend received in the mail?

7. What does Mr. Web tell the audience about the town in this play?

8. How do Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb know each other?

9. Who is with George when he first appears on stage?

10. Why does Emily beg her father to let her stay home on the day of her wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Thornton Wilder have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the play, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this play, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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