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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 advice is given to Garth in the letter?

2. How does Lucia describe Trock and Shadow in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Whom does the Radical accuse of capitalist oppression?

4. Who is "the doc at the gate?"

5. Where is Act 1, Scene 3 set?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 2, what advice does Esdras give Garth about his sense of guilt?

2. According to Mio, what destroyed his father?

3. Why does Trock want to wait until the rain slacks up before he leaves the apartment in Act 2?

4. How do the characters react to the order that is given to Lucia in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What does Garth confess to Miriamne in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. Why does Miriamne suddenly tell Mio she can no longer see him near the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

7. In Act 1, Scene 2, why does Trock want Garth to stay inside the apartment?

8. In Act 2, what delusion does Mio join in with the judge?

9. Why does the Tramp come to the apartment in Act 2?

10. Why is Shadow concerned about Trock's shouting in Act 1, Scene 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of symbolism in the play. What is the significance of Lucia's piano? Discuss the significance of the use, ban, and removal of the piano in the drama. What is the significance of Garth's violin? Discuss the significance of the damage done to the violin and the sound of the violin in Act 3.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the factors which motivate the characters in the play. How do these motivations develop and change through the course of the play. What lessons are learned by the characters as their motivations change?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of justice in the drama? How does the quest for justice motivate the characters? What differing opinions exist among the character about the nature of justice? What role does justice play in the final outcome of the drama?

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