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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. How long will it be until Steve Deever is free?

2. What does Chris think that he and Joe should tell Kate?

3. According to Sue, a person can never owe someone money without what?

4. Joe Keller says a doctor could make a million dollars if he could bring a boy into the world without what body part?

5. What does Chris always find in every person he meets, according to Ann?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news does Frank Lubey bring to the Keller house?

3. What request does Sue Bayliss make of Ann and why?

4. Why does George believe that Chris already knows Joe is guilty?

5. Why does Joe lash out at Ann?

6. What promise does Chris make Ann after proposing, and how does this promise relate to his omnipresent guilt?

7. What was Kate Keller's advice to George regarding Lydia?

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

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

10. What did Joe think would happen after the faulty cylinder heads went out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Joe Keller kill himself? Write an essay on this topic, citing three specific realizations that Joe has in the last act of the play, leading to his going into the house to kill himself.

Essay Topic 2

The idea of money as a corrupting influence is a central theme in All My Sons. The attitude of certain characters in the play toward the world is often perverted by their attitude toward money. Write an essay on the following topics:

Part 1) How does Joe Keller's understanding of the human race become corrupted by his desire to make money? Why does he place the pursuit of wealth in such esteem?

Part 2) Compare Ann Deever's response to Chris Keller's promise to make her a fortune to Joe Keller's understanding with his wife. How do they reflect different world views?

Part 3) How does Jim and Sue Bayliss' marriage mirror the relationship between Chris and Joe Keller in regard to their conflict toward the value of money?

Essay Topic 3

Kate Keller is the most stalwart advocate of the deluded system that is the Keller household. This results in a growing paranoia in her character throughout the play. Write an essay on the growing desperation that Kate experiences throughout the play, citing three specific examples in the text.

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