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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. Where does Act 2, Scene 5, take place?

2. What can we assume has just happened based on the description in Act 2, Scene 5?

3. Why does Beth think Curt wants to be poor?

4. How does Curt react to what Sandy does at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Sandy want from Heather in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is there evidence in the play to support Doug's feeling that Heather might be faking her interest in him?

2. Is there evidence to support the fact that Curt may be in some trouble after stealing the money?

3. Is there evidence to support Curt holding Beth's middle-class upbringing against her in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Is there evidence in Act 2,Scene 1, to justify Beth being upset that Sandy is wearing Curt's clothes and has obviously been sleeping at the apartment?

5. What does Beth tell Curt in Act 2, Scene 3, that he needs to do regarding his childhood? Is there any evidence from the play to support her suggestion?

6. Based on the description of the Act 2, Scene 1, setting, what can we assume about Curt and Sandy's sleeping arrangements?

7. What evidence in the play supports Curt's decision to go after Sandy instead of staying at the apartment and talking with Beth?

8. How does Curt upset Sandy in Act 1, Scene 8? Is there evidence in the same scene that Curt's intentions weren't to hurt her?

9. How does Curt react to Beth's suggestion that he move past his childhood in Act 2, Scene 3?

10. How does Heather react to what has happened with Sandy's apartment?

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

Curt and Beth have a confrontation after Beth finds Curt alone with Sandy. Beth doesn't understand why Curt can talk to Sandy but not to her.

1. Why does Curt feel that he can't talk to Beth? What attracted Curt to Beth in the first place? Was money always an issue? Use examples from the play to support.

2. Is Curt right in his beliefs that If you are poor as a child, you are destined to be poor as an adult? Why or why not? Do the characters in the play seem to support Curt's beliefs? Use examples to support.

3. How would the play have changed if Beth hadn't been included? Is her character important to the theme and impact of the play as a whole? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Curt and Sandy discuss how they feel like they are watching themselves while alone in the state park.

1. What do they mean be this statement? How can someone watch themselves?

2. What does this quality reveal about both characters? Use examples from the play to support.

3. Do any elements about Doug and Sandy suggest that they understand how to watch themselves? Have examples from the play to support.

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