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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. How does Curt sign the paper?

2. What does Doug show Heather that implies he is not there for a massage?

3. How does Sandy feel about her mother?

4. Why would Sandy act the way that Doug says she acted at her party in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. What do Curt and Sandy almost do at the end of Act 1, Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Curt's love of nature and birds reveal about him?

2. Based on what you have read so far through Act 1, Scene 4, predict if Curt and Beth's relationship will last. .

3. Why would Heather offer more than just a massage to Doug?

4. Does Doug have feelings for Heather beyond her prostitution services? Have examples from Act 1, Scene 7, support your answer.

5. Why is Beth so intent on Curt pursuing the promotion to lieutenant?

6. Curt and Sandy talk about their lives a little bit. Does Curt seem to like his job? Why?

7. Why does Curt feel the need to have Sandy over to his apartment?

8. Why would Doug strip naked and just stand there waiting for Heather to come back?

9. Sandy gives Curt a special massage to try to ease his tension. What does Sandy do during the special massage?

10. Are there reasons in the play that indicate that Heather should have been fired from her job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the play is "Blue Surge."

1. How is it an appropriate title for this play? Use examples to support.

2. Is it still an appropriate title when we meet the characters a year later? Why or why not? Use examples to support.

3. What would need to change in the play so that the title would no longer make sense?

Essay Topic 2

Beth spends a great deal of time encouraging Curt to improve himself and advance his career.

1. Does Beth want Curt to improve and get a promotion because she loves him? Have examples to support.

2. Why does Curt believe that Beth only keeps him around so she can feel good about herself while she looks down on him? Have examples to support.

3. What might be another motive of Beth's that causes her to continue to encourage Curt to get his promotion? Use examples from the play to support.

Essay Topic 3

Each piece of literature has a theme.

1. What does theme mean?

2. What is the theme of "Blue Surge"? Use examples from the play to support.

3. Was Gilman affective in portraying her theme? Is there anything she could have done differently that would have impacted the theme in a positive way? What would have impacted the theme in a negative way? Use examples from the play to support.

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