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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. Does Eugene think Carney's punishment is unfair?

2. What does Roy stick in Joseph's face?

3. What does Eugene tell Carney he is afraid of?

4. What does Epstein claim he saw?

5. How does Toomey seem to make the boys feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Epstein object to about Toomey's style?

2. What punishment does Toomey promise if Epstein doesn't complete his duty to Toomey's standards?

3. What does Hennessey do when he tries to defend Epstein and Eugene?

4. What does Toomey do to punish Eugene during the march?

5. What is Daisy doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 6?

6. What happens when Toomey asks the guilty person to come forward?

7. How long is Selridge in with the prostitute?

8. What is Toomey's strategy for punishing Eugene for his answers?

9. Describe how Toomey wakes up the soldiers.

10. Describe Eugene's attempt to dance with Daisy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of religion in the play.

1) How seriously do the characters take their religions? What influences do the characters' religions have on them?

2) How is Daisy affected by Catholicism and by going to a Catholic school? How does her religious background affect her relationship with Eugene?

3) Are the soldiers' perceptions of Jewish people based in religion, or do they have a different basis?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of fantasy in the novel.

1) What are the different soldiers' fantasies, and what do those fantasies say about their characters? Can their fantasies be separated into different categories?

2) What is Toomey's fantasy, and why? Is Toomey's fantasy different from the soldiers' fantasies, and what does it say about Toomey as a character?

3) What role does having fantasies play in the characters' lives? Why do the characters want to discuss and bet on their fantasies?

Essay Topic 3

One of Eugene's primary goals is to become a writer. Discuss this goal.

1) What qualities does a writer have? Does Eugene possess these qualities? How does Eugene's writing change over the course of the play?

2) Why does Eugene want to be a writer? Why is this an important goal?

3) What does it mean to be a writer? What does being a writer demand from Eugene?

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