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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 Maggie's purpose for entering the room?

2. What does Maggie reassure Brick about?

3. What does Big Daddy think of Brick?

4. Who is the patriarch of the family?

5. What does Maggie offer Brick as some relief from the summer heat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brick respond to Maggie's claims of loneliness?

3. Why has the subject of the inheritance risen in importance?

4. Describe Big Mama.

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

6. What is the theme in Act 2 of the play?

7. How does Brick explain what happened to Skipper?

8. Explain how Maggie seizes the opportunity to take control of all the inheritance talk.

9. What are Big Daddy's current thoughts about who to leave the plantation to when he dies?

10. What does Big Mama think is best for Big Daddy after this big day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Big Mama. How is she perceived by Big Daddy? How does the rest of the family feel about her?

Essay Topic 2

Define mendacity. How does Brick define it in his life? How does Big Daddy define it in his?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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