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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe say Kate has been talking _____________ for three and a half years?

2. What animal does Mr. Marcy resemble, according to Chris?

3. What do people say Chris was in the war?

4. To Kate, what does Larry's being dead mean?

5. To what company does Joe Keller compare his factory when he describes it to George?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Arthur Miller's attitude toward America after the Second World War? Does he believe there is any hope that it can retain its ideals? Use three examples from the text of All My Sons to justify your understanding of Miller's world view?

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

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?

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