View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Eddie leaves Ani alone in her apartment, what activity does she undertake?

2. To what animal is Ani compared within a metaphor explaining her personality?

3. The character notes indicate that Eddie "would have made a great" (7) what?

4. Eddie is described as an "unemployed" (8) what?

5. What do slashes within the play indicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddie do for a living?

2. What had been the reason for Eddie losing his last job?

3. What is the significance of Eddie's comment that he could hold off on the divorce papers?

4. What story does Jess finally tell John to placate him?

5. In what ways does Scene Two contrast with Scene One, in terms of theme and structure?

6. What final question does John ask Jess before he offers her a job?

7. What suggestions does Eddie have for Ani the second he walks into her new accessible apartment?

8. For what reason has Eddie come to Ani's apartment in Scene Two?

9. What is the setting of the Prologue?

10. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jess's role within the events of the play and explain how her character helps to further develop certain themes inherent in Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work.

Essay Topic 2

What messages is Martyna Majok sending about disability within the play Cost of Living?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Martyna Majok’s chosen setting of Northern New Jersey interact and intertwine with the play’s included themes and messages?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 769 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample