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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. When does the first act take place?
2. Who was out late the night before the church service in the first act?
3. What is located stage right in the first act and throughout the play?
4. Who does the pastor plan on seeing in Philadelphia?
5. In the play, who claims to have left to get away from the stink of whiskey?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ida Jackson distraught at the beginning of Act III?
2. What does Act II tell you about Sister Sally?
3. Why doesn't David want to go to Philadelphia?
4. How does David look when he first appears in Act II?
5. Margaret refuses to cancel her trip to Philadelphia even when it's obvious that Luke is ill. What is her reasoning?
6. Where did Brother Boxer see David early in Act II? What was David doing?
7. Margaret makes all kinds of excuses as to why David might have drank liquor, including friends making fun of him, a girl, or his father. What was David's reason?
8. Why does Margaret slap her son in Act III?
9. What is David's fear of staying with his mother in Act III?
10. In Act II, what does David remember about the time right before he became separated from his father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In speaking to Ida Jackson in the first act, Margaret says, "Maybe the Lord wants you to leave that man." Why do you think Margaret says this? Is she comparing Ida Jackson's situation to her own? Do you think Margaret is suggesting that God is making the baby sick to send a message? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
The jazz music that Luke plays is viewed as sinful by Margaret and the church elders. When Margaret invites the Philadelphia church to their Harlem church, she tells church members that they will be bringing drums and a trumpet. These instruments, along with the piano that David plays in the church, are all prominent instruments in jazz. Compare and contrast jazz with the music in the church.
Essay Topic 3
The setting of the play is a church and home that join together. Why do you think the author did this? Was it just to make the scene setting easier as the action shifts from home to play or perhaps did Baldwin mean something more? Explain your answer.
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