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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 does Epstein claim he saw?

2. Where does Toomey say the march will be?

3. What duty is James Hennesey on?

4. How many sex positions does Selridge say there are?

5. Who goes to see the prostitute after Wykowski?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Toomey treat Epstein, and why?

2. What does Eugene say when Wykowski asks if he means what he wrote?

3. What two ways does Toomey say he might treat the boys?

4. How do the other soldiers react when Toomey obeys his punishment?

5. Describe how Toomey wakes up the soldiers.

6. How does Eugene feel at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

7. How does Eugene react to Rowena when she talks about herself?

8. What does Eugene do at the end of the scene?

9. What does it show about Carney's character that he talks to Eugene about what Eugene wrote?

10. What does Toomey want from the soldiers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss homosexuality in the play.

1) How do the soldiers view homosexuality, and why? Why do they use homosexuality as an insult?

2) Why does Eugene suspect Epstein is gay, and why does this make him reluctant to become close to Epstein? Why are the other soldiers quick to think that Eugene might be right?

3) Does Hennessey's experience as a homosexual man in the army change how he reacts to the other soldiers and instances of bigotry? What is the army's reaction to homosexuality, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) The soldiers are thrown together from different backgrounds and with different personalities. To what extent do the soldiers develop friendships with each other? Which soldiers develop the closest friendships?

2) Is friendship different than mutual respect and reliance as soldiers? In what way?

3) How do the soldiers' differences from each other stand in the way of friendship? Does being in the army together forge friendship? How?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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