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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In which play by Anton Chekhov does Rick say he wants to be the lead?
2. What is the result of the vote taken by the parents to pursue the Paul inquiry?
3. Who did Paul claim his prostitute was the night he stayed at Kitty and Larkin's?
4. Which of the following terms is not something that Dr. Fine accuses Paul of being?
5. From what state have Rick and Elizabeth recently moved?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the play, Flanders Kittredge refers to himself as a gambler and an artist. He alternately speaks in praise of money and beauty, but he seems most enamored of his own reputation.
Write an essay on the topic of Flan's conflicted and ultimately incomplete soul. What is his primary objective throughout the play? Why is he so intent on finding Paul? How does he truly view himself, and how does that make him incompatible with Ouisa?
Essay Topic 2
One of the reasons that everyone in the play takes to Paul so quickly is his contention that he is Sidney Poitier's son. Write an essay about the reaction the various marks have to the thought of Poitier. What does he represent to the Kittredges? Geoffrey? Dr. Fine? Why are they so put at-ease by the thought of him?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the play, Paul is something of a sounding board for other people's sense of self. He allows them to see themselves in a better, more idealistic light. Write an essay on Paul's positive interaction with others in three parts:
Part 1) Dr. Fine reconnects with his family and his sense of social good in his meeting with Paul. How does Paul make this possible? How long does this idealism last in the doctor?
Part 2) What is Geoffrey's set understanding of the way of the world at the beginning of the play? How does Paul's visit reinforce Geoffrey's better angels and challenge his sense of complacency?
Part 3) Ouisa is perhaps the most profoundly changed by Paul. In what ways does her one night with him alter her sense of the world? How is she shaken and left discontent by their connection?
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