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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 emotion does Joe fear Chris feels regarding his money?

2. What does Joe Keller want for dinner?

3. What part of Ann's body does Kate think has gotten bigger?

4. When Ann enters in Act 1, what does Chris tell her is better in their town than in New York?

5. Ann tells Chris that doing what upsets her stomach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ann believe about Larry's fate?

2. Describe the story that Jim tells about the year he left his family.

3. Why is Kate annoyed at Joe when she comes out of the house?

4. What favor does Ann ask of Kate and why?

5. Why does Joe take his own life?

6. What is George's attitude toward the setting?

7. What story does Kate tell to demonstrate her intuitive connection with Larry?

8. What is strange about George being in Columbus?

9. What is Chris doing at the beginning of the act, and how does Kate feel about it?

10. What is Joe and Kate Keller's concern about George Deever coming to their house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to write an essay:

1.) Why do you think that Ann is so willing to defy Kate Keller and her brother, George, in order to marry Chris? Why does she have such faith in him? Cite three examples from the text to corroborate your thesis.

2.) What is George Deever's super-objective? What does he ultimately want to accomplish? Write en essay, citing three examples of individual scene objectives and explaining how they will help accomplish his super-objective.

3.) Do you think that Kate Keller truly believes that Larry is alive? Has she ever allowed doubt to enter her life? Cite conversations she has with Ann, Chris, and Joe to corroborate your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following topics to write an essay:

1.) Do you consider Joe Keller to be a selfish man? Did he actually feel pressure from his wife to make money, or was this just an imagined pressure? Does his lifestyle reflect a corrupt values system?

2.) Jim Bayliss discusses a year that he abruptly left his family to do medical research in New Orleans. What this a selfish choice or an altruistic one? Was Sue Bayliss' demand that he return selfish?

3.) Compare and contrast the world views of Sue Bayliss, Kate Keller, and Ann Deever. Are any of them unreasonably focused on money?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur Miller is known for his assertion that the everyday carries with it the seeds of drama. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the first act of All My Sons. Write an essay examining the small talk of this act and the revelations about the neighbors that come later, citing three specific examples of each.

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