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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. Which of the following does Lola not tell Marie about her marriage to Doc?

2. Lola lavishes compliments on Doc for ______________________.

3. What is Doc doing as Act 1, Scene 1 opens?

4. Why is Doc perturbed when he sees Turk in his living room?

5. Whose voice does Doc say he heard last night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lola engage the milkman to stave off her boredom?

2. How does Lola try to assuage her boredom with the new postman?

3. What does Doc say he heard in the house last night?

4. How does Bruce offer to treat Lola and Doc when he arrives in town?

5. Explain the symbolism of the fading lilacs and Lola's fading youth.

6. What lie does Lola tell about why Doc cannot be home for dinner?

7. What is the irony of Doc's being taken to the hospital for his alcohol abuse problem?

8. How does Marie hurt Lola after Doc just gets her calmed down?

9. What does Lola tell Doc that disgusts him?

10. What does Lola's dream tell her about letting go of the past and moving forward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Doc and Lola. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Alcohol takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of married women in the 1950s when the women in the novel are living their married lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they enjoy that 21st century women do not?

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