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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 is the description for the setting of Act I?

2. Where is the bucket located?

3. Which of the following is part of the setting?

4. Where does Davies go to get a donation?

5. Why do Davies and Aston spend the time clearing things from the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Davies fired?

2. How is irony used in Act I?

3. What does Davies promise to do if Aston lets him stay? Is he genuine?

4. Why does Mick offer Davies the job of caretaker?

5. What is the Buddha statue symbolic of?

6. Why does Aston stand up for the tramp when he is about to get into a fight with the restaurant employer?

7. What causes the conflict in Act I?

8. Describe Aston's experience at the mental hospital.

9. Why does Aston want to build a shed?

10. What is Mick's first impression of Davies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the central cause of conflict in The Caretaker? What characters cause the conflict and which try to appease it?

Essay Topic 2

What elements of foreshadowing are there in the play? How does foreshadowing contribute to the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Mick and Aston are brothers who watch out for each other. What is their relationship like? Why do they have this relationship? Why is the relationship between Mick and Aston an important plot point in the play?

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