The Shadow Box Test | Final Test - Hard

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique does the author use to provide depth to the stories without adding a lot of additional dialogue?

2. What is Agnes doing when Felicity interrupts her and asks for tea?

3. How does Brian feel about the argument over the spill on the jacket?

4. Where had Claire gone?

5. What does the interviewer tell Agnes may need to happen to Felicity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the characters approach the battle against death differently? Whose approach do you relate most to? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author include the clinical nature of death in American society in this play? Which characters express this idea? How do they express it?

Essay Topic 3

What is the theme that is explored at the end of the play? Do you agree that it is the most important theme of all of those explored throughout the play? Why or why not?

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