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

Short Answer Questions

1. What blemish does Chris say Ms. Marcy's daughter has?

2. To where did Jim Bayliss run off?

3. What is the significance of George's hat?

4. What illness did Joe Keller have the day the faulty cylinder heads went out?

5. Who are the only people, according to Chris, who are not practical in the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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

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