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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 reason does George give for not kissing Martha?

2. How does George refer to his arguments with Martha while alone with Nick?

3. Which of the following is not a university to which George compares the play's university?

4. To what type of animal does George compare Martha's father?

5. According to George,the way to a man's heart is ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George do at the end of Martha's boxing story?

2. How does Nick change over the course of the play?

3. What is Martha's reaction to Get the Guests?

4. Describe Martha's monologue concerning her one true love.

5. Describe George's reaction to Martha's seduction of Nick.

6. What is Martha's relationship with her father?

7. What is the story that Martha tells about boxing?

8. How does George respond when Nick says "up yours" to him?

9. What causes Honey to throw up at the end of this scene?

10. What do Nick and Honey learn about George and Martha's son in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about the past life of Martha and George. Do you believe that they actually have one, or that any part of their stories is true. Write a paragraph about three specific stories told by George and Martha, dissecting what you know to be false and why:

Part 1) The boy that killed his parents

Part 2) George and Martha's boxing match

Part 3) Martha's "fiddling" of their son

Essay Topic 2

Several of the characters have nervous habits: Martha chews ice, Honey peels labels, etc. Write an essay on the significance of these nervous tick to the action of the play. What do they say about the character and about the themes of the work?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to write an essay:

1) Discuss the motif of neglectful, imperfect and absent parents in the play. How do you think the reemergence of this in characters' lives impacts the the action.

2) Discuss the idea of children as healing, and the desperation for love among the characters born from this idea. Use Honey and Martha's characters as subjects for this essay.

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