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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. Which of the following is not something that Chris groups in with the "loot" he took from the war?

2. What emotion does Joe fear Chris feels regarding his money?

3. What does the block need more of, according to Jim?

4. Why does Jim have to leave Joe Keller's yard at the beginning of the first act?

5. Whose horoscope is Frank Lubey making at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kate have to go into the house?

3. Describe Joe Keller.

4. Why is Ann upset with Chris after her conversation with Sue?

5. How does Ann break Kate's resolve that Larry is alive?

6. What is Steve Deever's side of the cylinder head story?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miller's play is wonderfully layered in the sense that it contains many smaller characters with developed and nuanced attitudes toward man's duty towards his fellow man. Their ideas about their place in the world are complex and passionate. Write an essay in three parts regarding three of these characters and how his day-to-day life bolsters and challenges his beliefs:

Part 1) Frank Lubey

Part 2) Jim Bayliss

Part 3) George Deever

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to write an essay about:

1.) What does fighting in the war teach Chris Keller about the world? How is this lesson destroyed by what he experiences when he returns to the States, and why does he feel guilty as a result? What is Miller saying about the perversion of values in America?

2.) Compare Joe Keller's assessment of the war-producers in the United States in Act 3 to Chris Keller's description of the men he fought with in the war. How do these descriptions reflect opposing values systems.

3.) Compare Kate Keller and Ann Deever's situations following the war. How are they both held prisoners by the war?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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