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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young woman who appears with Charlie in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Colleen.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Mary.

2. What is Young Charlie doing as Mother talks to him about her life?
(a) Peeling potatoes.
(b) Watching TV.
(c) Playing solitaire.
(d) Writing a letter.

3. Young Charlie's birth mother __________________.
(a) prayed for a good family for him.
(b) was too young to keep him.
(c) kept him as long as she could.
(d) tried to abort him.

4. Drumm tells Young Charlie that __________ are harder to get out of than get into.
(a) love affairs.
(b) schools.
(c) jobs.
(d) marriages.

5. In what terms does Young Charlie no longer view Mary?
(a) Just someone to have sex with.
(b) The most beautiful girl he's ever seen.
(c) The love of his life.
(d) A chaste girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie tell Da about Mary?

2. What does Mary become in Young Charlie's eyes?

3. Who appears with Charlie at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?

4. Where does Drumm suggest that Da and Mother send Young Charlie?

5. What cannot be said about Da after this scene with Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the letter Young Charlie is writing and why does his mother not like it?

2. What is Da's legacy from the Master?

3. Describe the accusations that fly between Charlie and Young Charlie.

4. What does it mean that Charlie doesn't talk to his Mother like he does to Da and Young Charlie?

5. It has been presented that maybe Charlie had not been interested in caring for his dying father. How is that perception changed in this act?

6. For what reason did Da use the checks Charlie had sent him?

7. What memory does Charlie have of Drumm and what was the state of their relationship?

8. How does Act 2, Part 2 end?

9. How does the subject of Charlie's birth mother come up in Act 1, Part 4?

10. Describe Young Charlie's romantic overtures toward Mary.

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