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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 is the main topic of conversation in Act 1, Part 2?

2. Who seems the least upset as Griselda tells her story?

3. Who was Joan's lover?

4. What weapon does Angie take up in the front yard?

5. Which character is not present in Act 1, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on what you know of Marlene's character from the play, do you think she would do things differently if she had the chance?

2. How is Joyce's husband similar to the other male characters mentioned in the play?

3. What genre might be used to describe the play during Act 1? Explain why.

4. How does Louise's character parallel Joan's character?

5. Why might the author include so few details about the identity of Marlene's lover?

6. What is Joyce's attitude toward and about Angie in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What evidence from the play supports Marlene's eagerness to show her admiration for people who have tried to make something of themselves?

8. What might be a more symbolic reason Angie wants all the women to wear the perfume?

9. Why might Churchill have written the character of Griselda as arriving late? What might it symbolize?

10. How does Shona attempt to take control during her interview with Nell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Top Girls" is the play's title as well as the name of the employment agency where Marlene works. What is the meaning of the title of the play? What ironies exist in this title? Explain your response in detail.

Essay Topic 2

How is Griselda's character a contrast to the other women in Act 1? What is Griselda's purpose is for being in the play?

Essay Topic 3

How could the scene between Angie and Kit in Act 2, Scene 3, Part 1 serves as a statement that the characters find femininity in general to be gross? Consider three examples in your analysis.

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