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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Big Daddy say that Brick began to drink?

2. What question has been puzzling Big Daddy lately?

3. Who does Big Daddy want to have a conversation with now?

4. Big Daddy says he is not about to release the plantation to whom?

5. What does Brick say the world is full of?

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

Why does Brick exhibit such indifference toward Maggie? Why does he want to hurt her when he knows that withholding affection is as debilitating as a physical wound to someone like Maggie?

Essay Topic 3

What revelation does Big Mama make that ultimately breaks the tension related to the Pollitt inheritance? How do Gooper and Mae react to it? How do Brick and Maggie react to it?

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