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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. Why does Meg become excited in regards to her new tenants in Act 1, Part 2?
2. What does Meg come into the scene carrying in Act 1, Part 2?
3. What type of room does Meg say she has for the men coming to stay in their boardinghouse?
4. Complete this sentence by McCann: "I'm just all right once I ____ what I'm doing."
5. What does Goldberg ask Meg in regards to her other guests?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of Goldberg and McCann's conversation regarding Stanley in the final scene?
2. Describe McCann's appearance at the table at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1.
3. How does Stanley react after McCann and Goldberg continue to interrogate him near the end of Act 2, Part 2?
4. What does Meg tell the two gentlemen about Stanley during their first meeting?
5. What is Stanley's reaction when Meg mentions the two men that will be staying in the boardinghouse in Act 1, Part 1?
6. What does Stanley tell McCann in regard to his birthday in Act 2, Part 1?
7. What is the nature of Goldberg's compliments to Meg at the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?
8. Describe the interaction between Meg and the two gentlemen when they first meet.
9. What is the nature of Goldberg's discussion of his name near the end of Act 2, Part 1?
10. Describe the interaction between Stanley and Meg when she asks for a cigarette.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the parallels between Stanley and Goldberg in the play. In what way did the author create similarities in these characters?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the author's portrayal of reality in the play. In what way did the characters try and escape their reality?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the nature of no person or action being what it seems in the play. What message might the author have been trying to get across by doing this?
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