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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 Serafina ask the group not to do?

2. What is the name of the woman who comes to the house in this scene?

3. What is Jack's job?

4. What happened to Rosario's body when his vehicle crashed?

5. What does Serafina say Bessie and Flora are crazy about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rosa run to the bathroom at the dance?

2. What does Rosa say Jack told her about dancing on the dance floor?

3. Why does Serafina say she is not jealous of Bessie and Flora?

4. How did Rosa meet Jack?

5. How did Serafina know she had conceived?

6. How does the audience immediately understand that the owner of the house is a dressmaker?

7. Why does Father de Leo say he could not come earlier?

8. What do Flora and Bessie say they will do if Serafina does not finish their blouses?

9. Why does Jack want to take Rosa's handkerchief back to his ship?

10. How did Rosario die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the conventions of a play in terms of character, language and plot? In what way did THE ROSE TATTOO help to set the template for similar plays? Do modern plays still use the ideas the author used in THE ROSE TATTOO?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's style. How would you describe the author's style? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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