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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. What is Father Divine’s nickname for Ermina?

2. What does Godfrey have in his pocket?

3. Where are Father Divine’s headquarters?

4. What does Lily tease Ernestine about in Act One, Scene 2?

5. What does Lily call the man she danced with in Act One, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lily suggest she belongs to the Communist Party?

2. How does Ernestine imagine her apology to the school?

3. What is Godfrey and Lily’s conflict about drinking?

4. Why does Godfrey pass the letter from Father Divine to Ernestine?

5. How does the death of their mother affect the family before the move to New York?

6. What does Lily say and do to flirt with Godfrey?

7. Why did Godfrey discover Father Divine?

8. What are Sundays like in the Crump household?

9. Why does Lily accuse Godfrey of jealousy?

10. What does Godfrey not like about Ernestine and Ermina visiting the Levys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The teenage Crump family girls are at a critical stage in their development without a primary role model, and Lily overtly expresses sexual attraction for both Godfrey and other men. Write an essay examining the role sex and sexuality play in the play.

Essay Topic 2

Race is brought to the forefront when the father of a Black family brings home a white woman as his new wife. Write an essay examining the role that race plays in the play.

Essay Topic 3

One of the central characters, Lily, overtly expresses a political affiliation with the Communist Party, influencing at least one of her nieces, much to her father’s chagrin. Write an essay examining the role that politics plays in the play.

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