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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 the first question that Marthy asks Anna at the bar?

2. What does Chris call the men in his family who chose to become sailors?

3. What is the stage direction for when Anna drinks her drink at the end of Act 1?

4. What does Chris say about fog?

5. What time does Chris say five bells is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the moment when Burke and Anna express their love for each other in Act 3.

2. In what way does Anna say she has changed after she tells Chris and Burke about her past?

3. Describe Burke's appearance.

4. What important information does Anna learn about her father from Marthy?

5. What is Anna's initial reaction when she sees Burke?

6. What references does Burke make about fog at the end of Act 2?

7. How does Burke feel about himself when he returns to the cabin to Anna after two days of drinking and fighting?

8. What is Anna's state of mind at the beginning of Act 3?

9. What is Anna's viewpoint on the reality of being a sailor's wife?

10. Why does Anna become a prostitute in Minnesota?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of fog in the play. How does O'Neill use it as a metaphor for both opportunity and uncertainty?

Essay Topic 2

How does Anna change in this play? What helps create her transformation? Use textual examples to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Burke returns to talk with Anna again. What is he hoping he will hear from her? How does he take a leap of faith and believe her when she says she has never loved another man? How does he need to believe he has changed her in order to love her?

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