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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ian waiting for Guy's friend to do as he takes a huge gulp of his drink?

2. What reasoning does Fay give for Ian giving up his role in the play?

3. To whom is Jarvis married?

4. Who is the only person who doesn't do what all of the other women do at the end of the song in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. Who sings the song at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the Daddy doll.

Essay Topic 2

The end of The Beggar's Opera has MacHeath being reprieved and all supposedly forgiven. Draw a parallel between the ending of The Beggar's Opera and the ending of A Chorus of Disapproval, illustrating the melding of the two endings into one resolution.

Essay Topic 3

Unhappy relationships abound in both The Beggar's Opera and A Chorus of Disapproval. Compare/contrast several unhappy relationships from either play and identify the causal factor in each. Do you think these relationships could be fixed? Why or why not, and if so, how?

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