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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. Meg believes Lenny is shy with men because:

2. Babe explodes at Chick, which indicates:

3. Chick tells Lennie that Lenny's gift to her daughter fell apart because:

4. Chick asks Meg about her singing career because:

5. Chick's attitude toward Meg reveals:

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lennie's actions imply about her?

2. What do Babe's thoughts about birthday wishes indicate about her?

3. Why is Meg easily comforted by Barnette's sacrifice, while Babe is not?

4. How do Meg and Lenny appear to feel about their father?

5. What might Babe's saxophone represent?

6. Why does Meg bring up Lenny's boyfriend from Memphis?

7. What reason does Meg give Doc for leaving him in Biloxi?

8. How might the three sisters serve as symbols for stereotypes of Southern women?

9. What kind of relationship did Babe have with Zackery?

10. What makes Babe finally understand the gravity of her situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the play's title, "Crimes of the Heart." What "crimes" have been committed in the play? What aspects of love or feeling are threatened, and how does this inform the message or theme of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ideas of fault and blame in Henley's play. What idea or events connect to fault and blame for the Magraths? What message is Henley communicating through the ideas of fault and blame in her play?

Essay Topic 3

Lee Smith "The biggest myth about Southern women is that we are frail types--fainting on our sofas...nobody where I grew up every acted like that. We were about as fragile as coal trucks." Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify this statement using the text as support for your argument.

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