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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorcas want and can't afford?

2. Why have Susan and Lazar returned to France?

3. What does Susan indirectly offer Charleson in exchange for a promotion for Brock?

4. Who is the British Prime Minister that Darwin feels is to blame for the British problems?

5. What do Alice and Brock do in Act 2, Scene 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of married women in the 1950s. Conversely, what is the role of unmarried women in the 1950s? What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? Do they have any freedoms that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Alice. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Hare uses more than one instance of irony in the play. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the play and note why they are examples of irony.

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