View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leland promise Angel?

2. How much time has passed since the last scene?

3. Which of the following is not someone of importance mentioned in the play?

4. What is Angel doing as she talks to Guy?

5. What does Sam give Angel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for Act 2, Scene 5 and which characters open the scene?

2. Who will be going to France with Guy?

3. Explain how Angel is a woman caught between two worlds.

4. What secret does Gus keep from Angel?

5. How does Angel feel about having Leland in her life?

6. What is happening socially and culturally in America that present challenges to the characters?

7. What gift has Leland brought for Angel?

8. Who are the important people in American history with whom the characters interact?

9. What is the author's message with this play?

10. What are Leland's religious plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY is set in the 1930s during the time of the Great Depression in America. What impact did this factor have on the author? What impact did this factor have on the characters? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Cleage's use of humor in the play. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where she did.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 828 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample