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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. How much land, according to George, is needed to hunt ducks?

2. Where has George read about the balance of nature and major league sports?

3. What group of people does George say are modeled after animals?

4. What survival tools has Nature given the duck?

5. What happened to the Giant Panda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was George reading about the balance of nature?

2. What do the fat old Ancient Greeks and the birds of prey have in common?

3. What do George and Emil think about hunting ducks and stuffing them?

4. What do the men discover is the trick to duck season?

5. Why does George talk about symbiosis?

6. What does George think differentiates a pigeon from a duck?

7. What occurrences are part of George and Emil's belief that everything has a purpose?

8. What point does Emil make about the wild Buffalo?

9. What advantages do ducks have that Blue Herons do not?

10. What aspect of barnyard ducks' lives do George and Emil agree they are better off not knowing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During a fight with Deborah, Danny claims he does not mind physical violence but cannot abide emotional violence. What insight does this gives about Danny's character? Examine scene twenty-eight where the argument occurs. What is Deborah's complaint against Danny? What is Danny ultimately unable to bring to their relationship? How, again, does each character attempt to gain the power back in the relationship?

Essay Topic 2

What stereotypes are used in Sexual Perversity in Chicago? How do such stereotypes contribute to the story, and to understanding the characters? Examine scene six in the play. Why is this scene significant? What does it reveal about the characters in the play? How do their sexual impulses control them? Why is it a problem for them to be controlled by sexual impulses? Does this restrict other areas of their lives? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Arguably, Joan and Bernie are the sidekicks of Sexual Perversity in Chicago. Though they are different in many ways, are they actually two sides of the same coin? Reexamine Joan's and Bernie's journeys throughout the play. How are their problems similar? What essential problem do each of them face? How do they deal with conflict? Would you call them secondary characters? Why or why not?

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