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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 the prostitute do when Eugene gets into bed?

2. What city is Roy from?

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

4. What percent of Toomey's overseas outfit does he say died?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Daisy have to abstain from because of the religious holiday?

4. How does Eugene convince Daisy to kiss him?

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

6. What does Toomey want from the soldiers?

7. What are Eugene's goals during the war?

8. What does Daisy tell Eugene she will always know, if he winds up with another girl?

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

10. What is the scene at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 9 reminiscent of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

BILOXI BLUES is a story of soldiers in boot camp, and so it is a primarily male story. However, there are two significant female characters, and women play an important role in the soldiers' lives. Discuss the play's portrayal of women.

1) Compare Rowena to Daisy. What aspects of womanhood do they represent?

2) Why does Eugene fall for Daisy? What characteristics does he admire in her?

3) Are the portrayals of women in the play realistic? Are the women well-developed characters? How do the soldiers view women?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The soldiers all have different dreams and goals. Discuss the role of dreams and goals in the play.

1) Eugene achieves three goals during the play. Discuss these goals and their importance, and what they say about his character.

2) Carney's dream is to become a singer. What does this dream say about him? Why doesn't Carney achieve his goal?

3) Do Wykowski and Selridge have goals and dreams for themselves? What does their lack of concrete dreams say about them as characters? How does it change their lives?

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