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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. Where has a long-lost American soldier recently turned up, according to Kate?

2. Which of the following is not a military rank listed among Joe Keller's factory staff?

3. What does Joe Keller fear is George Deever's intention by visiting his father?

4. What sarcastic expression does Sue use to refer to the Kellers?

5. What is Frank Lubey's career?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What order does Kate Keller give her son and husband?

3. Describe Joe Keller.

4. What is Kate's concern about Ann?

5. How does Chris describe the girl that Kate wants to set George up with?

6. What does Ann tell George about her leaving the Kellers?

7. What does George Deever tell Ann when he arrives at the Kellers'?

8. What does Bert report to Joe Keller in Act 1?

9. What plans does Joe Keller make for the evening?

10. For what crime is Ann's father in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Kate Keller's conception of the war is presented in the play as a great disordering of arrangements. Write an essay on Kate's struggle against this disordering, using Larry's engagement to Ann and George Deever's infatuation with Lydia as a framing device for the essay.

Essay Topic 3

Characters in All My Sons make frequent reference to the supernatural in the play, as if there were an otherworldly hand guiding their daily actions. Write an essay in the following three parts:

Part 1) Examine how the destruction of Larry's tree - and the dream that surrounds its destruction - affects Kate Keller's world. What significance does she assign to it?

Part 2) What is Frank Lubey's world view, and how is it the result of the life he has lived to this point in his life?

Part 3) What does Jim Bayliss have to say about the nature of fate and the stars in the third act? How is it a refutation of the ideas of both Frank Lubey and Kate Keller?

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