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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. From whom does Christina read Oscar a letter?

2. How does Christina irritate Oscar, when talking about the scene?

3. Basie finds dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice familiar, and Oscar says it is from what?

4. Thomas muses how the trees, rocks and ditches - all so casually ignored in peacetime - are what in battle?

5. What does Christina do when Oscar hints that Harry could handle the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oscar explain Israel's purpose in the play?

2. What is the rambling, disjointed message that Trish leaves for Christina?

3. What are news headlines, regarding Oscar's father? What do they mean for his father?

4. Why does Oscar want invasion of privacy added to his complaint? Why does he want to add this?

5. What is explained about the slave, Israel? What are both the Major, Kane, and William's thoughts regarding this discussion?

6. What does Oscar do when Harold Basie arrives?

7. How and why does Basie interrupt the reading of the script?

8. How does Oscar use Shakespeare in his argument? What is Pai's response to this?

9. What do Pai and Oscar do after Oscar's nap?

10. How does Oscar become even more convinced the movie is based on his play? Of what does Harry warn him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Another minor theme is religious hypocrisy.

Part 1) How is this a theme? Why has the author included this as a theme?

Part 2) What can you guess about the author's opinion of the judicial system, based on this theme?

Part 3) How is this theme threaded throughout the story? How is this theme significant? How does it affect the various characters?

Essay Topic 2

Trish has an abortion.

Part 1) Why does she have an abortion? What are the complications with this abortion? What does this abortion reveal about Trish's personality?

Part 2) Why does Harry not want Christina to get involved with Trish's problems? Is he right in saying this? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does Christina listen to Harry? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

A major theme is that the essence of law lies in language.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) Do you believe this to be true in real life? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is language use significant throughout this novel?

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