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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 Chris's title?

2. What does Marthy say about Chris's view of farm life?

3. What does Chris call the sea in Act 2 when he and Anna are talking in the fog?

4. What is the first question that Marthy asks Anna at the bar?

5. Where does Anna live after her mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Burke believe he had a hand in changing Anna?

2. What is the setting of Act 1?

3. What happens when Burke visits the cabin during Act 3 and finds Chris there?

4. How does Larry while at the bar treat Chris?

5. What does Chris do when he is alone in the cabin after Anna leaves to walk to the end of the dock?

6. How are Chris and Burke behaving that makes Anna feel like a piece of furniture?

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

8. What is Burke's response to Anna's revelation about her past life?

9. Why has Anna come to New York City?

10. How does Chris respond to Anna's accusations that he abandoned her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Chris takes responsibilities for his past failures? What does it say about him that he covers his ears when Anna is telling him about the horrors of her past? How does he accept responsibility in the final Act of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Exploitation of women is evident in Anna Christie. How does O'Neill present this theme in the play, and how does Anna fight against it?

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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