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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 country does Stanley tell McCann he has great admiration for?

2. Which of the following descriptions were not given to Stanley when he first comes down the stairs?

3. How does Stanley describe his second course of breakfast to Meg?

4. What is the first character to appear in Act 1, Part 1 carrying?

5. What does Goldberg suggest McCann go out and get at the end of Act 2, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs to Stanley after McCann enters the room in Act 2, Part 2?

2. Describe Stanley's actions with a drum at the end of Act 1, Part 2.

3. Describe Meg's interaction with the deliveryman.

4. Describe Meg and Petey's conversation at the beginning of the play.

5. Who is the only character to emerge from the play with his/her delusions intact?

6. How are the lights described at the beginning of the birthday party?

7. Describe the interaction between Goldberg and Lulu in Act 3, Part 2.

8. Describe the events that interrupt the argument between McCann, Goldberg and Stanley at the end of Act 2, Part 2.

9. What is Stanley's reaction when Meg mentions the two men that will be staying in the boardinghouse in Act 1, Part 1?

10. Describe the game the members of the birthday party play.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the nature of Meg's desire for Stanley in the play. How does Stanley react to these advances? What does this behavior from Meg say about her character?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's use of violence in the play. In what way was the portrayal of violence different in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of delusion in the play. In what way did the characters create their own sense of delusion in the play?

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