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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. What is Brother Boxer looking for in the new Frigidaire?
2. Who says something about "wishing you'd leave the Lord's work to the Lord."?
3. According to the pastor's first act sermon, what is an example of an activity one does when one's "mind ain't on the Lord"?
4. When Sister Moore asks if there's anyone who needs "the Lord's especial attention," who comes forward?
5. What is the first thing that Margaret says when Luke walks into the apartment in Act i?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Sister Douglass from Act II.
2. What does Sister Sally have to say in Act II about traveling to Philadelphia?
3. In Act II, what does the doctor not want Luke doing?
4. What jazz musicians does David compare his father to after confessing to listening to his records in Act II?
5. In Act III, what does Margaret mean when she tells David that she's seen young men like him become the lowest of the low?
6. In Act II, David tells his father about some guys coming to the church. What did both David and his mother think brought the men to the church?
7. How does Margaret respond after Luke dies?
8. How did Luke find Margaret in Act I?
9. Describe the opening of Act III.
10. Describe the scene as Act II opens.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
David is presented with a choice, to be religious and work in the church like his mother, or to play music and be sinful like his father. Are these David's only choices in life? Sum up David's dilemma in your own words and explain what you think he should do.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Margaret makes a big deal that people can't be truly holy if their minds on other things like reading comics or driving liquor trucks as part of their job. What else in "The Amen Corner" is showed as something that keeps people from being holy?
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