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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 does Maggie call herself?

2. What is Brick doing when Maggie is talking to him?

3. Who is Gooper?

4. Which one of Mae's children interrupts Brick and Maggie during their argument?

5. What event is to occur at the Pollitt plantation that evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the details of Maggie's encounter with Brick's close friend, Skipper?

2. What is the irony of Brick's hatred of mendacity in others?

3. Even though Maggie is slightly sentimental about Big Daddy she is also practical. What is the basis for Maggie's strong sense of reality?

4. What is the official start of Big Daddy's birthday party?

5. Describe Big Mama.

6. How do Gooper and Mae react upon hearing that Brick is Big Daddy's favorite child?

7. What is the setting of Act 2 of the play?

8. Maggie must change her dress which has been soiled by one of Gooper and Mae's children. What does Maggie think of the children and what does she call them?

9. Why does Brick try several times to leave the room and escape conversation with Big Daddy?

10. What is the real truth about Big Daddy's health?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the circumstances of Maggie's encounter with Skipper. What is the truth? What were the devastating outcomes?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Big Daddy's feelings toward the specific people in his family: Big Mama, Brick, Maggie, Gooper and Mae, Gooper and Mae's five children.

Essay Topic 3

What position does Maggie take with the news of Big Daddy's terminal illness? Explain how she is both sentimental and realistic.

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