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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. Who does Big Mama blame for the demise of Brick and Maggie's marriage?

2. What does Big Mama think Big Daddy's disease is?

3. Why is the inheritance such a critical factor now?

4. Why is the play's name attributed to that character?

5. In what state does the family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Big Mama's observations of Big Daddy's evening?

2. How does Big Daddy indicate that he is back in control of running the plantation?

3. Explain why it is difficult for Maggie to have any privacy with Brick in their bedroom.

4. How does Brick explain what happened to Skipper?

5. How do Gooper and Mae justify their suitability for the inheritance?

6. Describe Big Mama.

7. How has Maggie fulfilled her role as a cat on a hot tin roof?

8. In what ways does Big Daddy think Brick's drinking has negatively affected Brick's life?

9. How does Gooper try to segue into discussing Big Daddy's health?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of married women in the 1950s, especially Maggie's frustration that Mae has five children and is pregnant again while Maggie remains childless.

Essay Topic 2

What name does Maggie invent for Gooper and Mae's children? What does this name indicate about Maggie's feelings toward Gooper and Mae? Toward children in general? Toward her own childlessness?

Essay Topic 3

Because Big Daddy is a self-made man, he finds the vulture-like characteristics of his family members to be particularly repugnant. Project how you think Big Daddy will write his final will now that he knows he is dying.

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